Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health Survey

Abstract

Iron deficiency is an important public health problem. An understanding of anemia risk factors is essential to informed health policies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 1,382 infants from the 2006 Brazilian National Survey on Demography and the Health of Women and Children. Mild and moderate anemia was characterised by hemoglobin levels below 11.0 and 9.5 g/dL, respectively. Rates for mild and moderate anemia were 25.9% and 9.9%, respectively. The logistic model included three risk factors for mild anemia—urban residence area (OR = 2.5; P = 0.004), fever in the past 2 weeks (OR = 2.4; P < 0.001), and age less than 12 months (OR = 1.7; P = 0.024). Strategies to control infant anemia should include health promotion and nutritional education for families from all socioeconomic levels. Lifestyle quality improvement based on adequate food consumption must be achieved by communities in all macroregions, and especially in urban areas.

Determinants of severity levels of anemia among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

“…The result of the study was consistent with the result of various studies [11,[15][16][17]. One of the possible explanations for the higher likelihood of anemia might be related to low balanced nutritional intakes that may not be sufficient for their rapid growth related demands [28].…”

“…This study tried to include the most important expected determinants of anemia from various literature reviews [3,5,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], and their theoretical justification from the source of data [9]. The explanatory variables at individual and household levels included were child's size at birth, sex of child, child's age, stunting status of child, wasting status of child, mother's educational level, husband/partner's educational level, mothers' anemia status, mothers' age, mothers' marital status, mothers' current employment status, place of residence, religion of child, source of drinking water, number of under five years old children in the household and child's birth order.…”

Development of fortified bread using peptide-iron chelate: A perspective to prevent iron deficiency anemia

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“…Additionally, the effectiveness of food fortification with iron depends on three main factors, viz. the iron source, the type and acceptance of food [5,11,12]. The enrichment of bread fortified with iron of high relative biological value, may be a useful strategy to combat iron deficiency and anemia.…”

Anemia e deficiência de vitamina A em crianças brasileiras

“…A análise exclusiva dos fatores de risco para anemia em 1.382 crianças menores de 24 meses de idade da PNDS/2006 reitera esse resultado, uma vez que evidenciou prevalências de anemia leve e moderada de 25,0% e 10,0%, respectivamente, com maior associação da ocorrência da anemia em crianças menores de 12 meses à anemia leve (Konstantyner, Oliveira, Taddei, 2012).…”