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Eligible participants were nonanemic (hemoglobin \u2265\u200911.0\u2009g\/dL), ages 18 to 65, with singleton gestation enrolled before 140\/7 weeks. Patients with first trimester anemia or blood transfusion 3 months prior to pregnancy were excluded. Iron deficiency anemia was defined as hemoglobin &lt;\u200910.5\u2009g\/dL and ferritin &lt;\u200930\u2009\u00b5g\/L. Optimal cutoffs were calculated using the receiver operating characteristic curve and the sensitivity\/specificity pairs with the largest Youden index.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Of 600 nonanemic, pregnant participants enrolled, 499 participants were eligible for analysis at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation; 40 (8%) had iron deficiency anemia. The area under the curve of reticulocyte hemoglobin was 0.69 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.61\u20130.78) compared with 0.73 (95% CI: 0.65\u20130.81) for ferritin. The optimal first trimester cutoff was 32.6\u2009pg for reticulocyte hemoglobin (sensitivity 42.5%, specificity 86.9%) and 29\u2009\u00b5g\/L for ferritin (sensitivity 47.5, specificity 87.6%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>First trimester reticulocyte hemoglobin did not outperform ferritin in predicting iron deficiency anemia at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation. Both reticulocyte hemoglobin and ferritin were weak predictors of iron deficiency anemia at 24 to 28 weeks and were more effective in identifying patients at low risk of iron deficiency anemia at 24 to 28 weeks.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2954-5378","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T23:07:01Z","timestamp":1789600021000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Use for Prediction of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7215-2965","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Myah M.","family":"Griffin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NYU Langone Health, New York, United States","place":["New York"],"department":["Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine"]},{"name":"Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia, United States","place":["Atlanta"],"department":["Department of Obstetrics and 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