Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children
The World Health Organization has recently lowered the hemoglobin (Hb) diagnostic cutoff for anemia in 6–23-month-old children by 0.5 g/dL and specifies the use of venous blood. The national prevalence of anemia defined from venous blood in children 6–23 months reduced by ~10% points when using the...
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| description | The World Health Organization has recently lowered the hemoglobin (Hb) diagnostic cutoff for anemia in 6–23-month-old children by 0.5 g/dL and specifies the use of venous blood. The national prevalence of anemia defined from venous blood in children 6–23 months reduced by ~10% points when using the new Hb cutoff. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb396fc27e0249f7b46caa8b4a58c08b2025-08-20T03:08:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Public Health0019-557X2229-76932025-01-0169110410610.4103/ijph.ijph_617_24Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian ChildrenTinku ThomasAnura Viswanath KurpadSantu GhoshHarshpal Singh SachdevThe World Health Organization has recently lowered the hemoglobin (Hb) diagnostic cutoff for anemia in 6–23-month-old children by 0.5 g/dL and specifies the use of venous blood. The national prevalence of anemia defined from venous blood in children 6–23 months reduced by ~10% points when using the new Hb cutoff.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_617_24anemiahemoglobin cutoffindian childrenprevalenceworld health organization guideline |
| spellingShingle | Tinku Thomas Anura Viswanath Kurpad Santu Ghosh Harshpal Singh Sachdev Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children Indian Journal of Public Health anemia hemoglobin cutoff indian children prevalence world health organization guideline |
| title | Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children |
| title_full | Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children |
| title_short | Impact of the Updated World Health Organization Guideline on Hemoglobin Cutoffs on National Anemia Prevalence Estimates in 6–59-month-old Indian Children |
| title_sort | impact of the updated world health organization guideline on hemoglobin cutoffs on national anemia prevalence estimates in 6 59 month old indian children |
| topic | anemia hemoglobin cutoff indian children prevalence world health organization guideline |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_617_24 |
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