Maternal hemoglobin concentration & assn. w/ weigh

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Mean hemoglobin z-score for mothers with preeclampsia was 0.3 +/- 1.5, significantly higher than a control population (p = 0.04). Maternal hemoglobin z-score was inversely associated with birth weight percentile (r = -0.18, p = 0.03)...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19557662

Heh. No wonder we hardly ever have anyone reporting anemia...

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