Anemia e fatores associados em mulheres de idade reprodutiva de um município do Nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

ABSTRACT:Objective: To identify the prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia and associated factors in women at reproductive age in the city of Vitoria de Santo Antão, Pernambuco. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 322 women aged between 15 and 49 years. Anemia was diagnosed by measuring hemoglobin below 12 g/dL. The independent variables were: demographic and socioeconomic conditions (age, race/color, education, literacy, presence of children aged < 5 years in the household, regime of residence occupation, ownership of assets, and per capita income), housing conditions (number of people in the household, number of bedrooms, and basic sanitation), food and nutrition security and women's health conditions (menarche, number of pregnancies, history of miscarriages, body mass index, and ferritin). Poisson regression was used to analyze the factors associated with anemia. Results: The mean age of women surveyed was 31.1 ± 6.61 years old (standard deviation -SD) and the prevalence of anemia was 18.6% . After multivariate analysis, anemia was significantly associated with age ≤ 19 years and low ferritin. Conclusion: The prevalence of anemia is characterized as a mild public health problem and follows the world trend in developing countries.

Prevalência de anemia em adultos e idosos brasileiros

“…A population-based study in Brazil with children and women of childbearing age also found higher prevalence of anemia in the Northeast Region 7 , indicating a relationship between anemia and socioeconomic and cultural conditions. Studies have also shown that people with poorer socioeconomic status and lower education are more likely to have anemia because of poor access to adequate and varied food 10,11,29 .…”

“…In Brazil, data from the National Child and Women's Demographic and Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher -PNDS) 2006 show that 29.4% of women aged 15 to 49 years had anemia, while the prevalence in children was 20.9% 7 . Studies with the female population of childbearing age reveal anemia prevalence ranging from 18.6% in women in the municipality of Pernambuco 11 to 38.0% in indigenous women 12 . In pregnant women users of Basic Health Units of Maceió, the prevalence was 28.3% in 2014 13 .…”

Avaliação dos indicadores de aquisição, disponibilidade e adequação nutricional da cesta básica de alimentos brasileira

“…Os resultados apresentados também apontam para a carência de ferro na dieta baseada em itens da cesta básica, em comparação às re-comendações nutricionais atuais para mulheres em idade fértil. No contexto da saúde pública, verifica-se relevante papel da ingestão de ferro na prevenção da anemia ferropriva e ferropênica entre mulheres em idade reprodutiva e gestantes, grupos vulneráveis à ocorrência da deficiência nutricional 21,22 .…”

Deficiencia de hierro en mujeres universitarias en edad reproductiva en la Facultad de Medicina, Uruguay

“…Teniendo un grupo etario más amplio, mujeres no embarazadas entre 15 y 49 años Habib et al reportan en Pakistán una prevalencia de anemia ferropénica de 18.1% (18) . En mujeres premenopáusicas de 15 a 50 años en Brasil se ha reportado una prevalencia de anemia por deficiencia de hierro de 18.6% (19) . En India se ha reportado una prevalencia de 44.0%, en Bangladesh Shill et al ,de 63.3% (20) .…”