Social and biological determinants of iron deficiency anemia

Iron-deficiency anemia and associated factors among preschool children in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

“…The prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia in pre-school children found in this study was similar to that reported in another national study (20.9%) [2] and lower than that found in two other studies carried out in different Brazilian cities [5,7,25,26], which reported prevalence ranging from 30.2% to 68.8%. Studies carried out in Grece [11], China [13], and Haiti [34] identified prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia ranging from 35.12% to 38.8%.…”

“…It is important to mention that most studies on this topic in Brazil have investigated iron-deficiency anemia [2,5,7,8,12,[25][26][27][28][29], and few have evaluated these Value refers to 1 minimum wage -R$540,00.…”

Determinants of severity levels of anemia among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

“…This study tried to include the most important expected determinants of anemia from various literature reviews [3,5,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], and their theoretical justification from the source of data [9]. The explanatory variables at individual and household levels included were child's size at birth, sex of child, child's age, stunting status of child, wasting status of child, mother's educational level, husband/partner's educational level, mothers' anemia status, mothers' age, mothers' marital status, mothers' current employment status, place of residence, religion of child, source of drinking water, number of under five years old children in the household and child's birth order.…”

Tendência temporal e fatores determinantes da anemia em crianças de duas faixas etárias (6-23 e 24-59 meses) no Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil, 1997-2006

“…Na caracterização das habitações, alguns estudos verificaram maior prevalência de anemia em crianças que viviam em casas com acabamento irregular, alta aglomeração de pessoas por cômodo e em domicílios que possuíam sanitário sem descarga 28,29 . Na análise bivariada aqui relatada, os índices ambiental e econômico foram associados à anemia nas crianças de 6-23 meses em 1997 e 2006, embora apenas o índice ambiental tenha se mantido significativo no modelo multivariado nos anos estudados.…”