Not only in developing countries, but also in Europe, the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women in showed an increasing trend in recent years ( 8 ) .
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Ethnic differences in adverse iron status in early pregnancy: a cross-sectional population-based study.
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This increase was 5-fold in Turkish OR 5⋅1 [95 % CI 3⋅7, 7⋅1]), Moroccan (OR 5⋅2 [3⋅7, 7⋅3]) and Surinamese-Hindustani (OR 5⋅5 [3⋅6, 8⋅3]), which attenuated but remained highly significant after adjustment for socioeconomic and lifestyle factors (OR 3⋅6 [2⋅4, 5⋅3], 3⋅1 [2⋅0, 4⋅8] and 4⋅4 [2⋅8, 7⋅0], respectively).