Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia among School Children in Salfeet District PDF |
Odeh, Mohammad Mahmoud Mohammad |
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Nael S. Abu-Hasan; Riad Amer - |
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Abstract : |
A cross-sectional study conducted in the second semester of the academic year 2005 to investigate the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in school children aged 6 to 18 years, who live in the district of Salfeet in the West Bank area of Palestine. The study sample consisted of 144(49.7 %) male students, and 146 (50.3 %) female students. Complete blood count (CBC) was performed and blood samples with main corpuscular volume (MCV) value less than 80um³(FL) were subjected to serum iron test. The prevalence of iron deficiency was 26.7% (12.7% with anemia, and 14% without anemia). The prevalence of iron deficiency among females was 30.5%, and among males was (21.6%). Iron deficiency was apparent in all studied age groups. The prevalence of 32.4% was observed among the age group 6- 8 years, 35.3% among age group 9-11 years, 25.9% among 12-14 years and 12.1% among 15-18 years old. Differences in prevalence rates were statistically significant (P= 0.01 at ? = 0.05). According to place of residency, there was statistically significant difference between the overall prevalence of iron deficiency among children living in villages compared to children living in the city (22.8% versus 32.6% respectively, P <> |
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia among School Children in Salfeet District
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