PMID- 27386037
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161213
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1937-8688 (Electronic)
VI  - 20
DP  - 2015
TI  - Hematologic features among anemic Cameroonian pregnant women: a cross sectional 
      study.
PG  - 241
LID - 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.241.5253 [doi]
LID - 241
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Iron deficiency anemia is the leading cause of anemia worldwide. It 
      may also be the leading cause of anemia in pregnancy, although this has not yet 
      been demonstrated in our country. The aim of the study was to describe 
      hematologic features of Cameroonian anemic pregnant women. METHODS: This cross 
      sectional analytical study was carried out in the maternity of the Yaounde 
      University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon, from March 1(st), 2011 to February 
      28(th), 2013. Two hundred women with singleton pregnancies and Hb concentration 
      at booking <10 g/dl were recruited. Main variables recorded were maternal age, 
      parity, marital status, gestational age, Hb concentration, blood group, Hb 
      electrophoresis, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin 
      concentration (MCHC), pack cell volume (PCV). Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. 
      P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Figures for 110 women 
      (55%) showed microcytosis, hypochromia was observed in 122 (61%) women and 
      megaloblastic anemia in eight women (4%). Thrombopenia was observed in 16 women 
      (8%) and thrombocytosis in six women (3%). Anemia was microcytic hypochromic in 
      110 women (55%), megaloblastic in eight women (4%), normocytic hypochromic in 12 
      women (6%), and normocytic normochromic in 70 women (35%). CONCLUSION: 
      Hematologic features of Cameroonian anemic pregnant women showed that although 
      iron deficiency anemia is the leading cause of anemia, megaloblastic anemia is 
      also present in our environment. A normal hematologic feature in more than the 
      third of women shows that the cause of anemia is not always nutritional.
FAU - Nkwabong, Elie
AU  - Nkwabong E
AD  - Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital/ Faculty of 
      Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon.
FAU - Fomulu, Joseph Nelson
AU  - Fomulu JN
AD  - Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital/ Faculty of 
      Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150313
PL  - Uganda
TA  - Pan Afr Med J
JT  - The Pan African medical journal
JID - 101517926
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anemia/*epidemiology/pathology
MH  - Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/*epidemiology
MH  - Anemia, Megaloblastic/*epidemiology
MH  - Cameroon/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Erythrocyte Indices
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitals, University
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic/*epidemiology/pathology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4919690
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anemia in pregnancy
OT  - Cameroon
OT  - Hematological features
EDAT- 2015/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00
PMCR- 2015/03/13
CRDT- 2016/07/08 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/03/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/03/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PAMJ-20-241 [pii]
AID - 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.241.5253 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Mar 13;20:241. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.241.5253. 
      eCollection 2015.