11/25/2016 RarityofanaemiaofpregnancyinEthiopia.

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ScandJHaematol.1976Mar16(3):16875.

RarityofanaemiaofpregnancyinEthiopia.
GebreMedhinM,KillanderA,BahlquistB,WuhibE.

Abstract
HbandPCVvalueswerestudiedinthreegroupsofAddisAbabawomenduringtheirlastmonthof
pregnancyandcomparedwiththoseinacontrolgroupofnonpregnantAddisAbabawomen.
Irrespectiveofsocioeconomicgroupandparity,theHbandPCVvalueswerealmostidenticalinall
fourgroups.Inoneofthethreetestgroups,agroupof'nonprivileged'multiparae,Siron,S
transferrin(TIBC),SfolateandSvitaminB12werealsoexaminedandshowednormalvalues.
Thesefindingsindicateararitynotonlyoftrueanaemiabutalsoof'physiologicalanaemiaof
pregnancy'.Thislattermaynot,therefore,beanadaptivephenomenonofregularoccurrenceas
hasusuallybeenassumedhitherto.Theexplanationfortheaberranthaematologicalbehaviorin
pregnantwomenlivinginhighlandEthiopiaisprobablythelifelongexposuretoaveryhighiron
intakecombinedwithhypoxiaduetothehighaltitude.

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