Are pregnant women of non-Northern European descent more anaemic than women of Northern European descent?

pregnant women of non-Northern European descent are a specific group in terms of anaemia and are at high risk of a low haemoglobin level for all cut-off values; they have a higher chance of becoming anaemic in pregnancy than women of Northern European descent. As a result, they have a higher risk of a transferred home delivery, taking away their opportunity to choose the place of birth. Haemoglobinopathies did not explain the higher risk of anaemia in pregnant women of non-Northern European descent. Being of non-Northern European descent should be added as a risk factor for anaemia in pregnancy until more is known about the background of this risk factor.