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Objective: To investigate during pregnancy maternal tea consumption and risk of developing iron deficiency anemia. Methodology: This comparative cross sectional study was carried out at Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Liaqat University of M e d i c a l a n d H e a l t h S c i e n c e s f r o m Jamshoro/Hyderabad from September 2018 to February 2019 and included 400 pregnant females. After a through general physical e x a m i n a t i o n , b l o o d w a s d r a w n a n d questionnaires were filled. Information on types of tea (black, with milk) and amount of tea consumed in relation to number of cups/day were noted. Keywords: Tea, pregnancy, anemia, hemoglobin. Conclusion: In this study, anemia was found in tea drinking pregnant women. (Rawal Med J 202;45:163-167).

Tazeen Shah, Jamshed Warsi, Zulfiqar Laghari. (2020) Tea drinking and its co-occurrence with anemia in pregnant females, , Volume 45, Issue-1.
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