OBJECTIVE: To investigate pregnancy outcome of patients
with -thalassemia minor.
METHODS: A population-based study comparing all pregnancies
of women with and without -thalassemia minor
was conducted. Deliveries occurred during the years 1988–
2002 at Soroka University Medical Center. A multivariate
logistic regression model, with backward elimination, was
constructed to find independent risk factors associated with
maternal -thalassemia minor.