highly significantP = 0.001
The highly significant ( P = 0.001) statistical correlation noted with respect to SCD among neonates (78; 33.4%) whose mothers had any illness during pregnancy (fever 37 cases; hypertension 17 cases; diabetes 15 cases; asthma six cases; anemia three cases, and a single case of antepartum hemorrhage) in our study was not found existing in similar previous Indian studies.