Racial variations in booking haemoglobin of primigravidae in Malaysia: a prospective study.

Background: Variations in racial haemoglobin had been previously described in multiple studies locally and abroad. This study was conducted to quantify the differences in haemoglobin of booking primigravidae amongst the three major races in Malaysia at the antenatal clinic of University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

Findings: One year prospective study of booking full blood count sample of primigravidae taken in one centre was conducted.