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- The study focused on the connection between Dietary Diversity (DD) and anemia risk in pregnant women in rural Ethiopia, highlighting a gap in research on specific DD values during pregnancy.
- The research involved 432 pregnant women, divided into two groups based on their Women's Individual Dietary Diversity (WIDD) scores, with results showing an increase in anemia prevalence as pregnancy progressed.
- Findings revealed that a WIDD score of three at mid-pregnancy and four at term was associated with a lower risk of anemia, pointing to the need for more studies to inform health policies.
Article Abstract
Background: Correcting anemia during pregnancy often requires integrating food and non-food-based approaches. Nonetheless, little is known about specific dietary diversity (DD) cutoff values predicting risk of anemia during the different trimesters of pregnancy.
Objective: We aimed to determine the lowest possible DD cutoff values associated with risk of maternal anemia at mid and term of pregnancy in a rural resource limited setting of Ethiopia.
Design: A multi-center prospective cohort study was conducted enrolling 432 eligible pregnant women from eight rural health centers selected from four districts in Arsi zone, Central Ethiopia. Women were classified into exposed (n = 216) and unexposed (n = 216) groups, based on Women's Individual Dietary Diversity (WIDD) score, and were followed from mid to term of pregnancy. The cutoff values for WIDD corresponding to the lowest risk of anemia were defined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Logistic regressions were also fitted to identify food groups associated with low anemia risk during pregnancy.
Results: The overall prevalence of anemia increased from 28.6 to 32.4% between mid and term of pregnancy. Calculatedly, using the ROC curve analysis, the minimum WIDD score associated with lower risk of anemia was three and four respectively at these periods. Not consuming animal source foods [adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 2.36; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.35-4.14], pre-existing anemia (AOR 28.56; 95% CI, 14.33, 56.79), and low DD during pregnancy (AOR, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.09-4.52) were associated with risk of anemia at term.
Conclusion: The cutoff for WIDD score predicting risk of anemia varied significantly, increasing from three to four, between mid and term of pregnancy. Additional population-based observational and experimental studies validating the metrics are needed before policy level recommendations.
Trial Registration: This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02620943.
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