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" Determining the prevalence of anemia and investigating factors associated with hemoglobin concentration and anemia at six months of age in rural Bangladesh "
Yaseer Abdul Shakur

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54600
Doc. No	:	TL24554
Call number	:	‭MR40359‬
Main Entry	:	Yaseer Abdul Shakur
Title & Author	:	Determining the prevalence of anemia and investigating factors associated with hemoglobin concentration and anemia at six months of age in rural Bangladesh\ Yaseer Abdul Shakur
College	:	University of Toronto (Canada)
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.Sc.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	107
Abstract	:	Anemia remains the most common disease in the world. Iron deficiency (ID), its most common cause, affects over one-third of the world's population. While infants aged 6 to 24 months are at increased risk, some of them are already anemic by 6 months of age, and thus have already been exposed to its negative effects. To determine the prevalence of anemia and investigate factors contributing to hemoglobin (Hb) and anemia (Hb<110g/L) at 6 months of age in rural Bangladesh, 424 infants were followed prospectively from birth to 6 months. Data were analyzed for 166 infants; the prevalence of anemia was 76.5%. After controlling for confounding variables, birth weight was the only variable associated with Hb (positive association; P=0.008). Infants born to anemic mothers (OR=3.5; P=0.02) or teenage mothers (OR=2.6; P=0.04) were more likely to be anemic. Anemia continues to pose a problem, even before the assumed period of increased risk.
Subject	:	Health and environmental sciences; Nutrition; 0570:Nutrition
Added Entry	:	University of Toronto (Canada)