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Anemia of students in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province according to nutritional status, age groups and gender : Cross sectional study |
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| Creator | Kittipong Kongsomboon, Sakara Hutspardol,Nattakarn Wongjitrat, Somboon Chansakulporn |
| Title | Anemia of students in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province according to nutritional status, age groups and gender : Cross sectional study |
| Publisher | Faculty of Medicine,Srinakharinwirot University |
| Publication Year | 2549 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 13 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 205-233 |
| Keyword | anemia, nutritional status, underweight, overweight |
| ISSN | 0859-3299 |
| Abstract | In developing country, anemia was frequently found in students underweight, furthermore it could bealso found in overweight together with iron deficiency. It was found mostly in age group 12-16 years old. In somecountries, anemia was found in girls more than boys. The objective of this cross sectional study was to determine the correlation of anemia and nutritionalstatus, gender and age groups of students in Onkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province. Six thousand six hundred and thirty-four students, age between 6 to 18 years, were the subjects. The data set were age, gender,weight, height and hematocrit. The nutritional status was divided into 4 groups using body mass index (BMI) according to the WHO criteria. Differences of anemia between gender, age groups and nutritional status were compared using Chi-square test at p value < 0.05. The odds ratio was calculated using Logistic regression. The result indicated that anemia was found 19% in boys and 14% in girls. The age group of 6-9 years was found to have the highest percentage of anemia (25%). Nineteen percentages of underweight students was found to have anemia. The odds ratio demonstrated that anemia in girlswas less than those in boys (0.27 times). The prevalence of anemia was declined according to age groups 6-9, 9-12, 12-15 and 15-18 years old with the odds ratio1, 0.55, 0.32 and 0.23, respectively. Comparing to the normal weight group, the underweight and overweight groups were found to have anemia more (0.27 times) and less (0.41 times), respectively. If the causes of underweight aresolved, especially in boys with the age group of 6-9 years old, the anemic problem will be decrease |
