Diseases causing biochemical changes during pregnancy in the population of Karachi.

Malnutrition and population growth rate are the basic problems is south Asian countries, mainly Pakistan, Bangladesh, India etc. This situation becomes serious when a woman becomes pregnant. In this research work 30 pregnant women belonging to middle and lower middle class of 25 to 35 years of age were examined at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. Most of the women showed malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia, which increased gradually with the passage of time. Above mentioned problem is unmistakable related to socioeconomic factors.