Abstract
Introduction: Anemia in pregnancy is considered one of the major risk factors contributing to maternal
deaths in developing countries. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of anemia
among pregnant woman according the hematological and biochemical parameters in Kirkuk health care
centers.
Patients and methods: This study involved a total of 132 woman attending primary health care centers in
Kirkuk city for the period from 1
st
July 2010 to 30
th
March 2011 in Iskan and Rahem-Awa region. They
were consisted of three groups, Group one (G1) consisted of 87 pregnant women, second Group (G2)
consist of 30 non pregnant women and third Group (G3) consisted of 15 w ere not married. They were
investigated for hematological tests, Hb, PCV, RBC, WBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and biochemical test
copper, magnesium, zinc, albumin. Anemia is classified as mild anemia from 10 -10.9g/dl, moderate
anemia from 8-8.9g/dl, and severe anemia < 8g/dl.
Result: The result showed that there was significant difference in level of Hb, PCV, RBC, MCH,
between the pregnant woman and control groups; regarding the difference in trimesters the most
influenced parameters were Hb, PCV, RBC, and MCV. The educational state had significant influence on
the level of PCV, MCV, and MCH. The pregnancy trimesters had significant effect on albumin level,
copper and zinc, while there was significant difference in level of zinc according to education.
Conclusion: It was concluded that there was no anemia in this study among pregnant woman although
the Hb, PCV, RBC values among pregnant were lower than non pregnant but 37.9% of pregnant women
had mild anemia.