摘要："Background: Anaemia is a major health problem affecting about 50% of pregnant women and associated with poor pregnancy outcome. Objective: To know the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy and its determinants Method: A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 400 pregnant women aged >16 years &? 45 years with sin-gleton pregnancy attending antenatal care clinic at a tertiary care hospital in Allahabad over a period of 1 year 8 months. Result: About 75% of pregnant women were anaemic (Hemoglobin level 6 days) was reported in significantly higher proportion of anaemic women as compared to non-anaemic women. Conclusion- Intensive Information Education & Communication on prevention of anaemia and economic upliftment of women, along with delayed 1st pregnancy, adequate gap between successive childbirth is the key to reducing anaemia in pregnancy and its impact. "
关键词：Iron Deficiency Anaemia; women; antenatal; tertiary care hospital
