Diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in children of Northeast Brazil

To diagnose iron deficiency anemia in children. The study was conducted with a sample of 301 children aged six to 30 months attending public daycare centers in the city of Recife, Northeast Brazil, in 2004. The diagnoses of anemia were based on a combination of different hematological and biochemica...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista de saúde pública 2010-06, Vol.44 (3), p.513-519
Hauptverfasser:	Carvalho, Antonio Geraldo Cidrão, Lira, Pedro Israel Cabral de, Barros, Maria de Fátima Alcântara, Aléssio, Maria Luiza Martins, Lima, Marília de Carvalho, Carbonneau, Marie Annette, Berger, Jacques, Léger, Claude Louis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - diagnosis Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - epidemiology Biomarkers - blood Brazil - epidemiology C-Reactive Protein - analysis Child Day Care Centers Child, Preschool Erythrocyte Indices Female Ferritins - blood Health Policy & Services Hemoglobins - analysis Humans Infant Male Prevalence Receptors, Transferrin - blood Severity of Illness Index Socioeconomic Factors Transferrin - analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	To diagnose iron deficiency anemia in children. The study was conducted with a sample of 301 children aged six to 30 months attending public daycare centers in the city of Recife, Northeast Brazil, in 2004. The diagnoses of anemia were based on a combination of different hematological and biochemical parameters: hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, ferritin, C-reactive protein, transferrin saturation and transferrin receptor. The chi-square test and ANOVA were used in the statistical analysis. Of all children studied, 92.4% had anemia (Hb
ISSN:	0034-8910 1518-8787 1518-8787 0034-8910
DOI:	10.1590/S0034-89102010000300015