Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health Survey
Iron deficiency is an important public health problem. An understanding of anemia risk factors is essential to informed health policies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 1,382 infants from the 2006 Brazilian National Survey on Demography and the Health of Women and Children. Mild and moderate...
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| description | Iron deficiency is an important public health problem. An understanding of anemia risk factors is essential to informed health policies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 1,382 infants from the 2006 Brazilian National Survey on Demography and the Health of Women and Children. Mild and moderate anemia was characterised by hemoglobin levels below 11.0 and 9.5 g/dL, respectively. Rates for mild and moderate anemia were 25.9% and 9.9%, respectively. The logistic model included three risk factors for mild anemia—urban residence area (OR=2.5; 𝑃=0.004), fever in the past 2 weeks (OR=2.4; 𝑃<0.001), and age less than 12 months (OR=1.7; 𝑃=0.024). Strategies to control infant anemia should include health promotion and nutritional education for families from all socioeconomic levels. Lifestyle quality improvement based on adequate food consumption must be achieved by communities in all macroregions, and especially in urban areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d21d48a54c5c49b7b83d431306c6d91c2025-08-20T02:19:42ZengWileyAnemia2090-12672090-12752012-01-01201210.1155/2012/850681850681Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health SurveyTulio Konstantyner0Thais Cláudia Roma Oliveira1José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei2Discipline of Nutrology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Loefgreen 1647, 04040-032 São Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Avenida Dr. Arnaldo 714, 01246-904 São Paulo, SP, BrazilDiscipline of Nutrology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Loefgreen 1647, 04040-032 São Paulo, SP, BrazilIron deficiency is an important public health problem. An understanding of anemia risk factors is essential to informed health policies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 1,382 infants from the 2006 Brazilian National Survey on Demography and the Health of Women and Children. Mild and moderate anemia was characterised by hemoglobin levels below 11.0 and 9.5 g/dL, respectively. Rates for mild and moderate anemia were 25.9% and 9.9%, respectively. The logistic model included three risk factors for mild anemia—urban residence area (OR=2.5; 𝑃=0.004), fever in the past 2 weeks (OR=2.4; 𝑃<0.001), and age less than 12 months (OR=1.7; 𝑃=0.024). Strategies to control infant anemia should include health promotion and nutritional education for families from all socioeconomic levels. Lifestyle quality improvement based on adequate food consumption must be achieved by communities in all macroregions, and especially in urban areas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/850681 |
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| title | Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health Survey |
| title_full | Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health Survey |
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| title_short | Risk Factors for Anemia among Brazilian Infants from the 2006 National Demographic Health Survey |
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