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Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China
Background: Pregnancy anemia is a global health concern. However, to our knowledge, there still has little consensus on the reference value of hemoglobin levels. Particularly, little evidence from China was accessible in most existing guidelines. Objective: To evaluate hemoglobin levels and anemia p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10054432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36986113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15061383 |
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author | Sun, Mengxing Gu, Tingfei Wu, Tianchen Gong, Xiaoli Li, Xiaona Huang, Jiaqi Li, You Zhao, Yangyu Shi, Huifeng Wei, Yuan |
author_facet | Sun, Mengxing Gu, Tingfei Wu, Tianchen Gong, Xiaoli Li, Xiaona Huang, Jiaqi Li, You Zhao, Yangyu Shi, Huifeng Wei, Yuan |
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description | Background: Pregnancy anemia is a global health concern. However, to our knowledge, there still has little consensus on the reference value of hemoglobin levels. Particularly, little evidence from China was accessible in most existing guidelines. Objective: To evaluate hemoglobin levels and anemia prevalence of pregnant women in China and offer evidence for anemia and its reference values in China. Methods: A multi-center retrospective cohort study was conducted among 143,307 singleton pregnant women aged 15–49 at 139 hospitals in China, with hemoglobin concentrations routinely tested at each prenatal visit. Subsequently, a restricted cubic spline was performed to reveal a non-linear variation of hemoglobin concentrations during the gestational week. The Loess model was used to describe the changes in the prevalence of different degrees of anemia with gestational age. Multivariate linear regression model and Logistic regression model were applied to explore influencing factors of gestational changes in hemoglobin level and anemia prevalence, respectively. Results: Hemoglobin varied nonlinearly with gestational age, and the mean hemoglobin levels decreased from 125.75 g/L in the first trimester to 118.71 g/L in the third trimester. By analyzing hemoglobin levels with gestational age and pregnancy period, we proposed new criteria according to 5th percentile hemoglobin concentration in each trimester as a reference for anemia, with 108 g/L, 103 g/L, and 99 g/L, respectively. According to WHO’s criteria, the prevalence of anemia sustainably increased with gestational age, with 6.2% (4083/65,691) in the first trimester, 11.5% (7974/69,184) in the second trimester and 21.9% (12,295/56,042) in the third trimester, respectively. In subsequent analysis, pregnant women in non-urban residents, multiparity, and pre-pregnancy underweight tended to have lower hemoglobin levels. Conclusions: This research, the first large-sample study to present a set of gestational age-specific reference centiles for hemoglobin levels in China, could be used to obtain a better understanding of the overall levels of hemoglobin in Chinese healthy pregnant women and ultimately offer clues for a more precise hemoglobin reference value of anemia in China. |
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spelling | pubmed-100544322023-03-30 Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China Sun, Mengxing Gu, Tingfei Wu, Tianchen Gong, Xiaoli Li, Xiaona Huang, Jiaqi Li, You Zhao, Yangyu Shi, Huifeng Wei, Yuan Nutrients Article Background: Pregnancy anemia is a global health concern. However, to our knowledge, there still has little consensus on the reference value of hemoglobin levels. Particularly, little evidence from China was accessible in most existing guidelines. Objective: To evaluate hemoglobin levels and anemia prevalence of pregnant women in China and offer evidence for anemia and its reference values in China. Methods: A multi-center retrospective cohort study was conducted among 143,307 singleton pregnant women aged 15–49 at 139 hospitals in China, with hemoglobin concentrations routinely tested at each prenatal visit. Subsequently, a restricted cubic spline was performed to reveal a non-linear variation of hemoglobin concentrations during the gestational week. The Loess model was used to describe the changes in the prevalence of different degrees of anemia with gestational age. Multivariate linear regression model and Logistic regression model were applied to explore influencing factors of gestational changes in hemoglobin level and anemia prevalence, respectively. Results: Hemoglobin varied nonlinearly with gestational age, and the mean hemoglobin levels decreased from 125.75 g/L in the first trimester to 118.71 g/L in the third trimester. By analyzing hemoglobin levels with gestational age and pregnancy period, we proposed new criteria according to 5th percentile hemoglobin concentration in each trimester as a reference for anemia, with 108 g/L, 103 g/L, and 99 g/L, respectively. According to WHO’s criteria, the prevalence of anemia sustainably increased with gestational age, with 6.2% (4083/65,691) in the first trimester, 11.5% (7974/69,184) in the second trimester and 21.9% (12,295/56,042) in the third trimester, respectively. In subsequent analysis, pregnant women in non-urban residents, multiparity, and pre-pregnancy underweight tended to have lower hemoglobin levels. Conclusions: This research, the first large-sample study to present a set of gestational age-specific reference centiles for hemoglobin levels in China, could be used to obtain a better understanding of the overall levels of hemoglobin in Chinese healthy pregnant women and ultimately offer clues for a more precise hemoglobin reference value of anemia in China. MDPI 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10054432/ /pubmed/36986113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15061383 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sun, Mengxing Gu, Tingfei Wu, Tianchen Gong, Xiaoli Li, Xiaona Huang, Jiaqi Li, You Zhao, Yangyu Shi, Huifeng Wei, Yuan Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title | Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title_full | Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title_fullStr | Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title_short | Variation Patterns of Hemoglobin Levels by Gestational Age during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in China |
title_sort | variation patterns of hemoglobin levels by gestational age during pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of a multi-center retrospective cohort study in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10054432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36986113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15061383 |
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