<![CDATA[Introduction: The incidence of LBW babies, namely less than 2500 grams, is one of the main factors that can affect neonatal death, postneonatal death and morbidity in infants. Several factors affect LBW including anemia. Anemia is a condition of pregnant women who have hemoglobin levels less than 11 gr/dl which can be a risk for giving birth to low birth weight babies due to lack of blood supply to the placenta which will affect the function of the placenta to the fetus. Mothers with anemia are also at risk of experiencing bleeding before and during delivery, it can even cause the death of the mother and her baby if the mother is anemic. The aim of this research is to analyze the relationship between anemia and the incidence of LBW babies in pregnant women at Waled Hospital in 2018–2021.Method: This research is an observational study using the cross sectional method with a sample of 247 respondents. Researchers used secondary data with univariate analysis, and bivariate analysis using the Spearman correlation test.Result: The researchers obtained a percentage of 50.2% of pregnant women with a history of anemia who had LBW babies and 49.8% of pregnant women who did not have LBW. The relationship between anemia and LBW has a significant relationship (p=0.000, rs=0.321).Conclusion: There is a relationship between Anemia and the incidence of LBW babies in pregnant women at Waled Hospital in 2018–2021.]]>
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