Prevalence of and factors associated with anemia in school children from Maceió, northeastern Brazil
| Autor: | Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Haroldo da Silva Ferreira, Monica Lopes de Assunção, Myrtis Katille de Assunção Bezerra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gerontology Male medicine.medical_specialty Anemia Cross-sectional study Population Mothers 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake Hemoglobins Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans Food consumption Poisson regression education Child book education.field_of_study 030505 public health 030109 nutrition & dietetics Schools business.industry Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Associated factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease Working mother Cross-Sectional Studies Social Class symbols book.magazine Female Biostatistics 0305 other medical science business Brazil Demography Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Anemia is a major public health problem in preschool children in Alagoas, Brazil, especially in the younger population, because of a positive correlation between hemoglobin level and age. However, due to the lack of studies, it is not known how widespread this condition is among older children or how it is associated with socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with anemia in school children from the city of Maceió, Alagoas state, Brazil. The analysis was stratified to identify any effect modification according to whether they attend public or private schools. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using probability sampling of 1518 children (9.8 ± 0.5 years of age) attending public (n = 931) and private (n = 587) elementary schools in the municipality. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to obtain socioeconomic, demographic, anthropomorphic, hemoglobin (Hb), and dietary data. Anemia (Hb |
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