Contribution to authorship
HND is the main and corresponding author. She contributed to the study by writing the proposal and collecting the clinical data from the pregnant women. She was the first observer for the blood film. The abstract and final research paper was written by her under the guidance of co-authors.
SW was the main supervisor for the study. She provided guidance on conducting the haematology procedures and acted as an independent observer for the blood films. Furthermore, she contributed to the writing of the abstract and the main research paper.
DM contributed to the research by being the second independent observer for blood films. She provided guidance on forming information leaflets on the research. Furthermore, she contributed to the writing of the abstract and the main research paper.
IS was the primary statistician for the study.
AM and AP were contributors to different parts of the statistical analyses, and they rechecked statistic results for coherence.
TP was the main author who provided the guidance for the concept of the research. He was involved in writing up the research proposal for the ethical clearance.
CM provided guidance on obstetrics concept of the research. She was initially involved in developing the concept and for writing up the research proposal for the ethical clearance.