저자들은 1979년 12월 1일부터 1980년 2월 10일까지 일신부인병원 산과에 내원 분만한 임산부 1002명을 대상으로 임신말기의 혈색소량을 측정하고 얻은 결론은 다음과 같다. 1. 임산부의 임신말기 평균혈색소치는 11.5gm/dl인데 반하여 정상 비임부의 평균혈색소치는 12.8 gm/dl이었다. 2. 임산부의 임신말기 평균혈색소치 11.0 gm/dl이하는 41.8%이었고 이 중 8.0 gm/dl이하는 1.6%이었다. 3. 임산부에 있어서 빈혈의 발생빈도는 합병성질환 특히 자간증 및 전자간증 폐경핵등의 만성소모성 질환을 가진자, 다산 그리고 고령산모에서 높아다. 4. 임신중 주기적인 산전 진찰을 혈색소량의 증가를 가져오고 빈혈의 발생빈도를 저하시킬 수 있었다.

Anemia of pregnancy is a common complication in patients from poor socio-economic conditions and is important because it is associated with increased maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. A study on Hb levels in pregnancy was done on 1002 patients whose pregnancies were over 26 weeks gestation delivered at Il Sin Womens Hospital between 1st.Dec. 1979 and 10th Feb. 1980. In 694 women pregnancies were uncomplicated but 308 pregnancies were complicated by eclampsia, preeclampsia and other toxemias, syphilis, renal disease, pulmonary Tbc, diabetes and heart disease. Few large studies of Hb levels of pregnant women in Korea are available. The study results are as follow; 1. The mean hemoglobin level in the third trimester of pregnancy were 11.5 gm/dl compaired to a mean level of 12.8gm/dl in a comparable group of non pregnant women. 2. The Hb was below 11.0 gm/dl in 41.8% of the study group, including 1.6% whose Hb was below 8.0gm/dl. 3. A high incidence of anemia in the third trimester of pregnancy was present in patients with preeclamsia and eclampsia high pariety, pulm. Tbc. and with increasing age in complicated pregnancies. 4. The effect of antenatal care, on low hemoglobin level in complicated pregnancy and no regular antenatal care. The benefit of antenatal care in shown in the high incidence of low Hb and complications of pregnancy in those with only 1 or 2 antenatal visits before delivery compaired to those with regular antenatal care.