Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador.

Autor: DeLouize AM; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Liebert MA; Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA., Madimenos FC; Department of Anthropology, Queens College (CUNY), Flushing, New York, USA.; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP), New York, New York, USA., Urlacher SS; Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.; Child and Brain Development Program, CIFAR, Toronto, Canada., Schrock JM; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Cepon-Robins TJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA., Gildner TE; Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA., Blackwell AD; Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA., Harrington CJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Amir D; Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA., Bribiescas RG; Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Snodgrass JJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.; Center for Global Health, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Sugiyama LS; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council [Am J Hum Biol] 2022 Jan; Vol. 34 (1), pp. e23590. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 21.
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23590
Abstrakt: Objective: Anemia is an important global health challenge. We investigate anemia prevalence among Indigenous Shuar of Ecuador to expand our understanding of population-level variation, and to test hypotheses about how anemia variation is related to age, sex, and market integration.
Methods: Hemoglobin levels were measured in a total sample of 1650 Shuar participants (ages 6 months to 86 years) from 46 communities between 2008 and 2017 to compare anemia prevalence across regions characterized by different levels of market integration.
Results: Shuar anemia rates among children under 15 years (12.2%), adult women (10.5%), and adult men (5.3%) were less than half of those previously documented in other neo-tropical Indigenous populations. Anemia prevalence did not vary between more traditional and market integrated communities (OR = 0.47, p = .52). However, anemia was negatively associated with body mass index (OR = 0.47, p = .002).
Conclusions: Compared to other South American Indigenous populations, anemia prevalence is relatively low among Shuar of Ecuador and invariant with market integration. Understanding this pattern can provide valuable insights into anemia prevention among at-risk populations.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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