Anaemia in schoolchildren in eight countries in Africa and Asia

Bobrow, Emily; Brooker, Simon; Jukes, Matthew; Nokes, Kate; Lambo, Jane; Guyatt, Helen; Bundy, D. A. P.; Adjei, Sam; Wen, Su-Tung; Subagio, Hertanto Wahyu; Rafiluddin, Mohammed Zen; Miguel, Ted; Johnson, Joseph D.; Mukaka, Mary; Roschnik, Nathalie; Sacko, Moussa; Zacher, Anna; Mahumane, Bonifacio J; Kihamia, Charles M.; Tatala, Simon; Siza, Julius E.; Nguyen, Le Minh; Khanh, Bao; Toan, Nguyen Duy

doi:10.1079/phn2000111

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“…The high prevalence of anaemia found in these studies is consistent with data from surveys performed in other West African countries, including Ghana and Mali (28,29) . However, these figures are lower than what was reported previously from community-and school-based crosssectional surveys of adolescent populations from Zanzibar (62?3 %) and Tanzania (62?6 %) (30,31) .…”

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Iron status of adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

Alaofè

Zee

Dossa

et al. 2008

Public Health Nutr.

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Iron deficiency (ID) is the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency in the world, particularly in developing countries. Blood samples and a qualitative FFQ on Feand vitamin C-rich foods were obtained in 180 adolescent girls aged 12 to 17 years living in two boarding schools from south Benin. ID, defined as serum ferritin either ,20 mg/l or 20-50 mg/l, plus two of the following parameters: serum Fe , 11 mmol/l, total iron-binding capacity . 73 mmol/l or transferrin saturation , 20 %, was found in 32 % of subjects. Anaemia (Hb , 120 g/l) was found in 51 % of adolescents, while 24 % suffered from iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) (ID and Hb , 20 g/l). After adjusting for confounding factors (age, mother's and father's occupation, household size) in a logistic regression equation, subjects having a low meat consumption (beef, mutton, pork) (,4 times/week) were more than twice as likely to suffer from ID (OR 5 2?43; 95 % CI 1?72, 3?35; P 5 0?04). Adolescents consuming less fruits (,4 times/week) also had a higher likelihood of suffering from ID (OR 5 1?53; 95 % CI 1?31, 2?80; P 5 0?03). Finally, subjects whose meat consumption was low were twice as likely to suffer from IDA (OR 5 2?24; 95 % CI 1?01, 4?96; P 5 0?04). The prevalence of ID represents an important health problem in these Beninese adolescent girls. A higher consumption of Fe-rich foods and of promoters of Fe absorption (meat factor and vitamin C) is recommended to prevent ID deficiency in these subjects.

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Iron status of adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

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Zee

Dossa

et al. 2008

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“…17 The prevalence of anemia in India was 74.35% for 6-35 months age group, Nepal had 78% for 6-59 months age group and in Kazakhstain it was 73.7% for 0-23 months age group. 18 The prevalence of anemia in preschool children (0-4 yr) of WHO countries of Africa, southeast Asia and eastern Mediterranean were 67.6%, 65.5% and 46.7% cases respectively. 19 The prevalence of anemia is much more lower in developed countries such as in America 29.3% and Europe 21.7%.…”

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Prevalence of Anemia in Children Aged Six Months to Thirty Six Months - A Hospital Based Study

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Hoque

Ahmed

et al. 2017

Bangladesh J Child Health

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“…In developing countries, low standards of living, low socioeconomic conditions, restricted access to food and a lack of knowledge for good dietary practices and personal hygiene contribute even more to a high occurrence of iron deficiency and hence anaemia (Hall et al, 2001;Islam et al, 2001;Soekarjo et al, 2001). Intestinal parasitic infection, due to poor hygienic conditions, interferes with iron absorption by reducing it, thus expanding the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia in the developing world (Olivares et al, 1999;Musaiger, 2002).…”

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Prevalence of iron deficiency among schoolchildren of different socio-economic status in urban Turkey

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Objective: To investigate the prevalence of iron deficiency among schoolchildren of different socio-economic status (SES), living in the three largest cities of Turkey. Design: Cross-sectional study. Settings: Primary schools of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Subjects: Schoolchildren aged 12 and 13 y (males: 504; females: 510) from nine primary schools. Inclusion of subjects in the study was on a voluntary basis. Methods: Data were obtained on children SES, anthropometry, haematological and biochemical indices of iron status and consumption of food items related to dietary iron bioavailability. One-way analysis of variance was mainly applied, for the evaluation of the tested hypotheses, using Bonferroni correction in order to take into account the inflation of Type I error. Results: Iron deficiency (serum ferritin o15 mg/l) prevalence was 17.5% among boys and 20.8% among girls. Furthermore, iron deficiency was significantly more prevalent among boys of lower SES, who were also found to have significantly lower levels of serum iron, serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration compared to those of higher SES. In terms of dietary factors affecting iron bioavailability, low SES boys exhibited significantly higher frequency of tea consumption and lower frequency of citrus fruit, red meat and fish consumption, compared to their higher SES counterparts. Conclusion: The prevalence of iron deficiency was relatively high, particularly among lower SES schoolboys. Higher tea and lower citrus fruits, red meat and fish consumption by boys of lower SES may provide an indication about the possible role of certain dietary patterns in the different manifestation of this medical condition among the socio-economic groups. However, further research is needed.

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Anaemia in schoolchildren in eight countries in Africa and Asia

Cited by 101 publications

References 10 publications

Iron status of adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

Iron status of adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

Prevalence of Anemia in Children Aged Six Months to Thirty Six Months - A Hospital Based Study

Prevalence of iron deficiency among schoolchildren of different socio-economic status in urban Turkey

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