Table 1 describes the prevalence of anemia and iron
deficiency for the entire cohort and separately for women
enrolled in early and late pregnancy. Also listed are factors
that may predict these outcomes. The prevalence of these
factors are listed separately for each group (≤24 weeks
versus ≥36 weeks) to identify any heterogeneity between
groups that may have influenced the prevalence of anemia
or iron deficiency, independent of the effect of length of
pregnancy. All factors were similar between groups except
malaria parasitemia and iron supplementation during pregnancy.
Parasitemia was less common in late pregnancy while
iron supplementation was more common in late pregnancy,
presumably as a result of medical therapies during pregnancy