The Effect of High Parity on the Occurrence of Anaemia in Pregnant Women

To compare high-para and low-para women with respect to haematological findings, determinants, and consequences secondary to anaemia. Descriptive cohort study. Place and Duration of the Study: Maternity and Child Hospital, Hail, Saudi Arabia and Specialist Care Hospital (private), Islamabad, Pakistan, from April 2022 to April 2023. The study population comprised of pregnant women in the last trimester, with the exception of those women who had more than one fetus and history of haematological disease. Purposive non-probability sampling technique was adopted. Hospital data were retrieved retrospectively for the past obstetrical, contraception usage, and supplement history. Blood parameters, type of delivery, and maternofetal complications were noted down. For qualitative-variable and quantitative-variable comparisons, Chi-square test and t-test were applied, respectively. Significance level was kept at p ≤0.05. The frequency of severe anaemia in high-para was 52%. High parity and anaemia had a significant dose-response relationship (p