Prevalence of Nutritional Anemia and Hyperhomocysteinemia in Urban Elderly
| Autor: | Laxmi Rajkumar Ponday, Sai Santhosh Vadakattu, Sivakesava Rao Kommula, Arlappa Nimmathota, Balakrishna Nagalla, Ravinder Punjal, Divya Shoshanni Kondru, Suryanarayana Palla, Bhoja Raju Banavath, Prasad Undrajavarapu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Hyperhomocysteinemia Homocysteine Anemia Clinical Biochemistry Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Original Research Article 030212 general & internal medicine Vitamin B12 Nutritional anemia 030109 nutrition & dietetics biology business.industry medicine.disease Ferritin chemistry Folic acid biology.protein Hemoglobin business |
| Zdroj: | Indian J Clin Biochem |
| ISSN: | 0974-0422 0970-1915 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12291-018-0756-8 |
| Popis: | The data on the prevalence of nutritional anemia among the urban elderly population in India was limited. Hence, the present study was carried out with an aim to assess the prevalence of nutritional anemia and its association with vitamin B12, folate, ferritin and homocystine among the urban elderly population. A community- based cross-sectional study was carried out among 282 urban elderly (≥ 60 years) subjects (186 males and 96 females) in Hyderabad. Fasting blood samples were collected and hemoglobin (Hb) was estimated by cyanmethemoglobin method. Plasma Folic acid and vitamin B12 levels were estimated by RIA and homocysteine and ferritin levels were estimated by ELISA methods. The overall prevalence of anemia (Hb |
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