2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692010000400019
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Prevalence of Anemia in Children Three to 12 Months Old in a Health Service in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Abstract: Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional deficiency among children. This crosssectional, descriptive and quantitative study is part of a multicenter project, which verified the prevalence of anemia in children aged three to 12 months, treated by a health service unit in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Interviews with mothers and determining hemoglobin dosage were carried out with 121 children who participated in the study. Two international criteria were adopted as parameters of anemia according to th… Show more

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“…The association between iron deficiency anemia and male gender is related to greater weight gain, increased erythropoiesis activity in 25 . Studies 20,[26][27][28][29] related to factors associated with anemia and iron deficiency in children showed association (p <0.05) with other nutritional indicators, such as age of introduction of juices and/or fruits, milk consumption close to meals and total breastfeeding time, and the highest prevalence was found in children younger than 24 months of age. We must emphasize that it is difficult to establish critical hemoglobin values as a cutoff point in children younger than 6 months of life due to the rapid changes in concentration of this biochemical indicator in this life stage 30 .…”
Section: Chart 1 Continuationmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…The association between iron deficiency anemia and male gender is related to greater weight gain, increased erythropoiesis activity in 25 . Studies 20,[26][27][28][29] related to factors associated with anemia and iron deficiency in children showed association (p <0.05) with other nutritional indicators, such as age of introduction of juices and/or fruits, milk consumption close to meals and total breastfeeding time, and the highest prevalence was found in children younger than 24 months of age. We must emphasize that it is difficult to establish critical hemoglobin values as a cutoff point in children younger than 6 months of life due to the rapid changes in concentration of this biochemical indicator in this life stage 30 .…”
Section: Chart 1 Continuationmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Pesquisa realizada no município em que foi desenvolvido este estudo identificou, em 2010, uma prevalência de 48%da anemia na faixa etária de seis a doze meses de vida 22 . Esse dado reforça a importância de instituir ações de vigilância em saúde da criança, cabendo aos enfermeiros condutas que envolvam promoção da saúde e prevenção de agravos, intervenções de caráter educativo e assistencial e detecção precoce de situações vulneráveis.…”
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“…No existe a la fecha un consenso para los valores de referencia para el diagnóstico de anemia en menores de 6 meses. Así, en un estudio realizado en un servicio de salud de Brasil, se estimó que la prevalencia de anemia en niños de 3 a 5 meses por el Estándar Saarinen (Hb <10,3 g/dL; < 6 meses de edad) fue de 20,2%, y para niños de 6 a 11 meses la prevalencia de anemia por estándar OMS (Hb<11 g/dL; > 6 meses) fue de 48%, no encontrándose asociación significativa entre anemia, sexo del niño, peso al nacer, edad de gestación y consumo de hierro como suplemento 9 . Un estudio realizado en la zona rural de China estableció que para niños menores de 18 meses, el porcentaje de anemia fue del 35,1%; además, determinó la prevalencia de anemia leve (21,7%), moderada (13,1%) y severa (0,3%) para el mismo grupo de edad, utilizando valores de he-moglobina: menor a 14,5 g/dL para niños de 0 a 29 días, 9,0 g/dL para niños de 30 a 119 días, 10,0 g/dL para niños de 120 a 179 días, y 11,0 g/dL para niños de 180 días a 18 meses 10 .…”
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