caa a22 4500 463255704 CHVBK 20180405153354.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00277-007-0305-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00277-007-0305-7 Higher prevalence of anemia among pregnant immigrant women compared to pregnant ethnic Danish women [Elektronische Daten] [Mads Nybo, Lennart Friis-Hansen, Peter Felding, Nils Milman] The aim of the study was to investigate whether the well-known high anemia prevalence in pregnant women from the eastern Mediterranean and Asian regions decreased when the women immigrated to a low-frequency region (Denmark). During 70months, 1,741 pregnant immigrant women referred from primary care to an obligatory hemoglobinopathy screening were eligible for the study, as their screening was negative. To compare this group with a cohort of 205 pregnant ethnic Danish women, the groups were matched by gestational age, and a total of 406 immigrant women were included. Hemoglobin (Hb) and iron status parameters were examined in the two groups. The prevalence of anemia was higher in the immigrant group (20.0%) compared to the Danish women (4.9%) (P < 0.0001). Blood Hb concentration was 119 ± 12g/l (mean ± SD) in the immigrant group compared to 122 ± 9g/l in the Danish group (P = 0.01). Erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was also lower in the immigrant group (87 ± 7fl vs 96 ± 4fl) (P < 0.0001). A total of 13.1% of the immigrant women had an MCV <80fl (the lower reference limit) compared to 0.0% in the Danish group, and plasma iron, ferritin, and transferrin saturation values indicated iron deficiency. Conclusively, the pregnant immigrant women had significantly higher prevalence of anemia compared to pregnant women of Danish origin. It indicates the need for an alternative routine screening procedure for this population group, which should also include nutritional counselling. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Pregnant women nationallicence Iron deficiency anemia nationallicence Hemoglobinopathy screening nationallicence Immigrants nationallicence Nybo Mads Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Friis-Hansen Lennart Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Felding Peter Copenhagen General Practitioners' Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Milman Nils Department of Medicine B, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Annals of Hematology Springer-Verlag 86/9(2007-09-01), 647-651 0939-5555 86:9<647 2007 86 277 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-007-0305-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-007-0305-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nybo Mads Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Friis-Hansen Lennart Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Felding Peter Copenhagen General Practitioners' Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Milman Nils Department of Medicine B, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of Hematology Springer-Verlag 86/9(2007-09-01), 647-651 0939-5555 86:9<647 2007 86 277 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer