Anaemia and iron deficiency between 2003 and 2007 in Amazonian children under 2 years of age: trends and associated factors
| Autor: | Marly Augusto Cardoso, Pascoal Torres Muniz, Rosangela Aparecida Augusto, Fernanda Serra Granado, Action Study Team |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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HOT TOPIC – Complementary feeding
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Birth weight Population Nutritional Status Medicine (miscellaneous) Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence medicine Animals Humans Caesarean section Acre education Soluble transferrin receptor education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics Anemia Iron-Deficiency Anthropometry biology Obstetrics business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Iron deficiency medicine.disease Health Surveys Ferritin Breast Feeding Cross-Sectional Studies Milk Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Ferritins biology.protein Female business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutr |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo describe trends in the prevalence of anaemia and Fe deficiency in children under 2 years of age living in a town in western Brazilian Amazonia.DesignTemporal analysis of two cross-sectional population-based surveys. Information on socio-economic status, morbidity and breast-feeding was obtained using a structured questionnaire. Child weight and length were measured for anthropometric evaluation. Concentrations of blood Hb, plasma ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor were measured.SettingThe town of Acrelândia, state of Acre, north-west Brazil.SubjectsA total of 170 and 224 participants of the 2003 and 2007 surveys, respectively.ResultsComparison between the 2003 and 2007 surveys revealed no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of anaemia (48 (95 % CI 39, 56) % to 40 (95 % CI 33, 47) %) or Fe-deficiency anaemia (39 (95 % CI 30, 48) % to 37 (95 % CI 30, 45) %), respectively. However, an increase in the overall prevalence of Fe deficiency from 62 (95 % CI 51, 68) % to 81 (95 % CI 75, 86) % was observed (χ2 test, P ≤ 0·001). In age- and sex-adjusted analyses for risk of Fe deficiency, only early introduction of cow's milk (ConclusionsNo improvements were observed in the prevalence of anaemia, exposing a worrying scenario for public health, while a significant increase was found in the prevalence of Fe deficiency in the studied infants and toddlers. |
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