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pos t pa r tum a na emi a from these r egre s s i on f i ndings , a l thoug h
they were f ound t o be signifir.:'lnt risk factors during
univariate analysis. A Bon f erron i c o r rection of their
univa r i ate p-vaIuee also su ggests that parity may be a more
important factor than age as a predictor.
occupation, which was fo und on univar iate analysis t o
differ significantly f or the t wo groups was not confirmed in
this mul tivariate ana lysis as an important factor . A
Bonferroni co rrection of its univ a r i at e s -vatue, a lso
i nd i c at e s it t o be a n un likel y impo r tant predictor.
On s umma ris i ng all these findings , it Ls ev i de nt that the
most important predictive factors fo r postpart um anaem ia in
this stUdy population are pre gnanc y a naem ia, blood loss a t t he
t i me of del i very, and edu ca tional l e v e l .
The SUbjects who became a na emic after deli v e r y :
On examining the baseline charact eristics of t he zu
SUbjects who be c ame a naemi c only after delivery , factors which
were found t o be statistically significant de t e r minant s were,
aga in a l a c k of education (RR=2. 77 , p"'O. OJ), episi otomy
(RR=2. 4J, p"'0 . 02 ) and an increased b lood l os s at the time of
delivery (p=O .Ol) .
The me an blood l os s volume f or pe rsons wh o became a na emic
after de live ry a s compared t o thos e wh o remained non anaemic