| Parameter | Group 1 (mild) “n = 929” | Group II (moderate/severe) “n = 186” | P value | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Hemoglobin Mean ± SD |
10.2 + 1.8 |
8.77 ± 0.71 |
0.001* | ||
| Gestational age (weeks) Mean + SD |
37.9 + 2.50 |
37.2 + 3.84 |
0.083 | ||
| Labor Pre-term labor Term labor |
84 845 |
9.0 91.0 |
24 162 |
12.9 87.1 | 0.046* |
| Parity Primigravida Multigravida |
381 548 |
41.0 59.0 |
63 123 |
33.9 66.1 | 0.048* |
| Delivery Cesarean section Vaginal |
288 641 |
31.0 69.0 |
75 111 |
40.3 59.7 | 0.041* |
| Pre-eclampsia | 57 | 6.1 | 14 | 7.5 | 0.107 |
| Post partum hemorrhage. | 27 | 2.9 | 10 | 5.4 | 0.007* |
| Infection (chorioamnitis-wound infection) | 19 | 2.0 | 7 | 3.8 | 0.043* |