Iron deficiency anemia in infants in Sousa (PB), Brazil: an association with nutritional status
| Autor: | Luênnia Kerlly Alves Rocha de Araújo, João Carlos Pina Faria, Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Volume: 68, Issue: 12, Pages: 1698-1704, Published: 05 DEC 2022 Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.68 n.12 2022 Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB) instacron:AMB Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Issue: ahead, Published: 05 DEC 2022 |
| ISSN: | 1806-9282 0104-4230 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in infants and verify the association of iron deficiency with nutritional status. METHODS This cross-sectional and observational study included 104 infants aged between 7 and 9 months, assisted from August to September 2021 by the Family Health Strategy program in Sousa municipality (Paraíba, Brazil). Clinical and anthropometric data were collected, and a 24-h food recall questionnaire was applied using the DietPro software (version 5.0) in order to verify food consumption and assess iron intake. Variables associated with iron deficiency (p |
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