Maternal anemia was also associated with their child’s
asthma; mothers that were anemic during pregnancy were
more likely to have a child ever diagnosed with asthma
(OR =2.37, 95% CI 1.39, 4.03), and a child with asthma at
age 6 (OR = 2.64, 95% CI 1.54, 4.53) than non-anemic
women. Also the study showed that 12% of mothers had anemia
while pregnant. Among their children, 22% had recurrent
wheeze in the first year of life and 17% had active asthma at
age six