Iron Deficiency Is Unacceptably High in Refugee Children from Burma
| Autor: | Maria E. Bovill, Adam Drewnowski, Wantanee Kongsomboon, Karen L. Geisler, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Carrie Cheney, Steven J. Hansch, Teresa M Kemmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Anemia Health Status Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Myanmar chemistry.chemical_compound Age Distribution hemic and lymphatic diseases Prevalence medicine Humans education Demography Refugees education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics Anemia Iron-Deficiency business.industry Zinc protoporphyrin Infant Iron Deficiencies Iron deficiency Anthropometry medicine.disease Micronutrient Logistic Models chemistry Iron-deficiency anemia Child Preschool Female Hemoglobin Deficiency Diseases business Iron Dietary |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Nutrition. 133:4143-4149 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3166 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jn/133.12.4143 |
| Popis: | Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in refugees is reported to be among the major medical problems worldwide. Because food rations are typically inadequate in iron, long-term reliance is a key predictor of anemia among displaced people. Comprehensive nutritional assessments of refugee children from Burma have not previously been completed. Refugee children aged 6-59 mo were studied to determine 1) the prevalences of anemia, iron deficiency (ID) and IDA and 2) the factors associated with anemia and ID. Cluster sampling in three camps and convenience sampling in two additional camps were used. Hemoglobin (Hb) levels were measured and micro mol zinc protoporphyrin/mol heme were determined in 975 children. Logistic regression analyses (95% CI) determined predictors of anemia and ID. The prevalences of IDA, anemia and ID in these refugee children were 64.9, 72.0 and 85.4%, respectively. Predictors of anemia included young age (P < 0.001), food ration lasting |
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