@article{Qadir_Amir_2018, title={FREQUENCY OF BETA THALASSEMIA TRAIT IN PREGNANT ANEMIC PATIENTS ATTENDING KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL, PESHAWAR-PAKISTAN}, volume={9}, url={https://www.kmuj.kmu.edu.pk/article/view/17371}, abstractNote={<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>To determine the frequency of beta thalassemia trait in pregnant anemic patients attending Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.</p><p><strong>METHODS: </strong>This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from 3<sup>rd</sup> November 2015 to 3<sup>rd</sup> May 2016. All pregnant women of any parity with hemoglobin value of <10.5g/dl presenting in first trimester and in age group of 15-45 years were included while pregnant anemic women who were already diagnosed cases of haemoglobinopathies were excluded.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>Our study of 194 pregnant anemic patients showed that mean age was 27.74±5.16 years. The age distribution was 125 (64.43%) patients in 15-30 years age group and 69 (35.56%) patients in 31-45years age group. Mean hemoglobin level was recorded as 9.43±0.40 mg/dl and mean HbA<sub>2</sub> was 4.26±0.52. Mean value for mean corpuscular volume was 60.23±1.57fl and for mean corpuscular hemoglobin was 21±0.42 g/dl. The results of our study for beta thalassemia trait in pregnant anemic patients were recorded as 110 (56.7%) were positive whereas 84(43.29%) had no beta thalassemia traits. Among 125 patients in 15-30 years’ age range, 65 (52%) were positive for beta thalassemia trait while out of the 69 pregnant anemic patients in age range of 31-45 years, 45 (65.2%) had beta thalassemia trait (p-value=0.113).</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Beta thalassemia trait is very common and is found in more than half of pregnant anemic patients in our region.</p><p><strong>KEY WORDS:</strong> Anemia (MeSH); Beta-Thalassemia (MeSH); Beta-Thalassemia Trait (Non-MeSH); Hemoglobins (MeSH); Antenatal Care (MeSH); Penatal Care (MeSH); Mortality (MeSH); Morbidity (MeSH).</p>}, number={4}, journal={KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL}, author={Qadir, Maimoona and Amir, Sohail}, year={2018}, month={Jan.}, pages={185–187} }