Iron deficiency is not the main contributor to anemia in older Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018-19

Iron deficiency is not the main contributor to anemia in older Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018-19

Objective. To describe the current status of anemia and iron deficiency (ID), as well as associated sociodemographic characteristics, in older adults (OA). Materials and meth­ods. Serum and capillary blood samples from a sample of OA participants (n=2 902) from the Ensanut 2018-19 were analyzed. ID...

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Veröffentlicht in:Salud pública de México 2021-05, Vol.63 (3 May-Jun), p.412-421
Hauptverfasser: De la Cruz-Góngora, Vanessa, Rivera-Pasquel, Marta, Shamah-Levy, Teresa, Villalpando-Hernández, Salvador
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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anemia
ensanut 2018-19
Health Policy & Services
iron
nutrition surveys
older adults
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Zusammenfassung:Objective. To describe the current status of anemia and iron deficiency (ID), as well as associated sociodemographic characteristics, in older adults (OA). Materials and meth­ods. Serum and capillary blood samples from a sample of OA participants (n=2 902) from the Ensanut 2018-19 were analyzed. ID was defined as s-ferritin
ISSN:0036-3634
1606-7916
DOI:10.21149/12154