Association Between Race and Hemoglobin at Delivery or Need for Transfusion When Using Race-Based Definitions for Treatment of Antepartum Anemia
Rebecca F. Hamm, Eileen Y. Wang, Lisa D. Levine, Sindhu K. Srinivas
Abstract
In Brief With race-based definitions of antepartum anemia, Black women are at significant increased odds of delivery admission hemoglobin less than 11 g/dL than non-Black women with the same antepartum hemoglobin.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHemoglobinAnemiaRace (biology)Odds ratioOddsObstetricsPreterm deliveryPregnancyGestationInternal medicineLogistic regressionGeneticsBotanyBiologyHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersBlood donation and transfusion practicesBlood transfusion and management