OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of anemia in Mexican children and adolescents from ENSANUT 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data had the power to make distinctions at the national, regional and rural/urban dwelling. Hemoglobin was measured by Hemocue. Descriptions were made by adjusted frequencies and 95%CI. Confounders were tested in a logistic regression models. RESULTS: The prevalence of anemia in 2012 was: in children 1-4 y, 23.3%; 5-11y, 10.1%, and 12-19 y, 5.6%. The prevalence in female adolescents was 7.7% and 3.6% in males. Reductions in the prevalence of anemia from 1999 was 8.3pp in <5y, 5.1pp in children 5-11y and 3.6pp from 2006 in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the decrease in the prevalence of anemia in children 1-4 y in the last 13 years, it still is of great concern. There is a need of awareness among social and medical communities about this, to extend the distribution of micronutrient supplements in children <3y, and to promote nutritional education to incentive mothers to provide foods rich in iron.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of anemia in Mexican children and adolescents from ENSANUT 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data had the power to make distinctions at the national, regional and rural/urban dwelling. Hemoglobin was measured by Hemocue. Descriptions were made by adjusted frequencies and 95%CI. Confounders were tested in a logistic regression models. RESULTS: The prevalence of anemia in 2012 was: in children 1-4 y, 23.3%; 5-11y, 10.1%, and 12-19 y, 5.6%. The prevalence in female adolescents was 7.7% and 3.6% in males. Reductions in the prevalence of anemia from 1999 was 8.3pp in <5y, 5.1pp in children 5-11y and 3.6pp from 2006 in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the decrease in the prevalence of anemia in children 1-4 y in the last 13 years, it still is of great concern. There is a need of awareness among social and medical communities about this, to extend the distribution of micronutrient supplements in children <3y, and to promote nutritional education to incentive mothers to provide foods rich in iron.
Authors: Rodrigo Subiria-Cueto; Alfonso Larqué-Saavedra; María L Reyes-Vega; Laura A de la Rosa; Laura E Santana-Contreras; Marcela Gaytán-Martínez; Alma A Vázquez-Flores; Joaquín Rodrigo-García; Alba Y Corral-Avitia; José A Núñez-Gastélum; Nina R Martínez-Ruiz Journal: Foods Date: 2019-11-24
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