Prevalence and type of anaemia in female cotton mill workers in Beijing, China

Abstract

The present study investigates the prevalence and type of anaemia in Chinese female cotton mill workers. The prevalence of anaemia is reported in 447 non-pregnant female workers aged between 19 and 45 years. The mean value for haemoglobin (Hb) was 123 (SD 15) g/1 and 150 of the total 447 subjects had Hb values below 120 g/l; thus 34% of the population was anaemic according to World Health Organization (WHO, 1975) criteria. The mean value for free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) was 419 (SD 215) pg/l; 55 % of the total population had F E P values higher than 350 pg/l and 72 YO among the anaemic subjects. Serum ferritin (SF) was tested in all the women with a H b value less than 120 g/l and 71 % of them had SF values below 12.0 pg/l. Eighty women diagnosed as either Fe deficient or with Fedeficient anaemia were selected for a diagnostic supplementation trial. They were randomly assigned to FeSO, (60 or 120 mg Fe/d) or placebo treatment for 12 weeks. Fe supplementation increased mean Hh values from 114 to 127 g/l (P < 0,001) and SF levels from 9.7 to 30.0 pg/l (P < O.OOl), and decreased mean FEP values from 570 to 277 pg/1 (P < 0.001). The response rate of H h in the whole Fe-treated group or Fe-treated subjects with an H b level less than 120 g/1 was 90% or 92% respectively. These findings indicate that the type of anaemia in this population was mainly Fe deficiency. It was also found that in this population the severity of anaemia, not the prevalence, was significantly related to the use of intra-uterine devices (IUD). Anaemia: Iron: Chinese female workers China has the largest female work force in the world. Women, who constitute about 40

Daily versus Weekly Iron Supplementation: Programmatic and Economic Implications for Indonesia

“…The prevalence of anaemia in non-pregnant women was 27.9%, and no men were found to be anaemic. The prevalence of anaemia among adult women in this study was lower than that among non-pregnant Chinese cotton mill workers (34%) [24] but remained within the range of the prevalence of anaemia in Indonesia nine years ago [11]. Iron supplements resulted in improved productivity [9] and production efficiency [25].…”

Nutrient intake of adult women in Jilin province, China, with special reference to urban–rural differences in nutrition in the Chinese continent

“…Anemia, especially iron-de®ciency anemia, had been considered as a long-standing public health problem, even in large cities, in the past (Zhao, 1992;Li et al, 1993). In the present survey in Jilin, however, those with`12 g Hba100 ml blood were only 5% of the participants, with no signi®cant urban ± rural difference (Table 2), which suggests that anemia is no longer a major public health problem, at least in the sites surveyed.…”

Estimation of Hemoglobin Level Among the Population of Rajshahi City in Bangladesh

“…The most important factors known to be associated with anaemia in a community include low socioeconomic status, poor diet, infections and infestations as a result of widespread poverty [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] . However, there are variations in these factors in relation to the prevalence and severity of anaemia in different parts of the world and even within countries [16][17][18][19][20] . In the United States, the highest anaemia prevalence was observed in infants aged 1-2 years, girls 15-17 years, young women and elderly men, and on the other hand, the lowest prevalence was in children aged 6-8 years and in males aged 12-44 years 21 .…”