Red blood cell indices versus serum ferritin as surrogate markers of iron deficiency during pregnancy

• Ochuwa Adiketu Babah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ochuwa.babah@ki.se, obabah@unilag.edu.ng

  Affiliations Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria, Centre for Clinical Trials and Implementation Science (CCTRIS), College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6680-3242

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• Chisom Florence Chieme,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Trials and Implementation Science (CCTRIS), College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Ajibola Ibraheem Abioye,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6632-613X

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• Samuel Olusegun Spaine,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sheikh Muhammad Jiddah General Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

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• Titilope Adenike Adeyemo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Clinical Trials and Implementation Science (CCTRIS), College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria

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• Bosede Bukola Afolabi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria, Centre for Clinical Trials and Implementation Science (CCTRIS), College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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