Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in 1-5 years old children referring to Kerman medical care and health centers in 1998

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

A.R Heidarnia 1
Z Jalili 2
SH Dabiri 1
Z Farahmandi nia 1
M Alizadeh 3

1 Assistant professor

2 PHD student

3 Instructor

Abstract
Iron deficiency anemia(IDA) is one of the most common nutritional problems in the world.children under 5 years old are considerd as the high risk group consisting a high proportion of IDA patients.in this group,due to the specific conditions,the complication of anemia may lead to serious consequences.this study was designed to determine the prevalence of IDA in 1-5 years old children.A total of 320 of the subjects were selected by two-stage sampling method and the levels of Hb,Hct,MCV,MCH,MCHC, serum ferritin,serum iron,TIBC,and percentage of transferrin saturation were determined.results revealed that 22.5% of children had depleted iron stores(as defined by serum ferritin less than 10mg/ml).7.2% had Hb less than 11mg/ml,and 35% of them had percentage of transferrin saturation less than 15%.in this study a significant correlation was observed between iron deficiency(determined by serum ferretin level).percent of transferin saturation and variables such as age,sources of nutritional diet adivve and iron.significant correlation were also seen between anemia based on hemoglobin deficiency and the sources of nutritional advice(p<0.05).

Keywords

iron deficiency
Anemia
iron supplementation
children aged 1-5
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 6, Issue 2
1999
Pages 214-221

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