Medical/Surgical/Diseases/Complications
Poster Session 2
Courtney M. Bisson, BS, MD (she/her/hers)
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow
University of Chicago and NorthShore University Health System
Chicago, IL, United States
Alexa A. Freedman, PhD (she/her/hers)
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, IL, United States
Sunitha C. Suresh, MD
Physician
NorthShore University Health System
Evanston, Illinois, United States
A total of 6,071 patients were included in our analysis. Patients with the lowest AHEI-2010 scores (22.6 – 46) differed in demographic characteristics including a lower education level (39%), higher likelihood to identify as Black race (22.3%), and higher BMI. Adjusting for confounders, only those in the lowest AHEI2010 quartile had a significant independent association with the presence of third trimester anemia (aOR 1.40 95% CI 1.09 to 1.78, p = 0.007).
Conclusion: Pregnant patients with the lowest pre-conception diet quality are more likely to have anemia in the third trimester. Screening for diet quality preconception or earlier in pregnancy may represent an important way of identifying patients at risk of third trimester anemia, and allow for early intervention.