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Rev Cubana Pediatr 2015; 87 (4)

Risk factors in the onset of anemia in 6 months-old infants

Picos NS, Santiesteban GBC, Cortés SMC, Morales GAC, Acosta AM

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 404-412
PDF size: 92.5 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: anemia is the most serious nutritional problem worldwide and iron deficiency is the most frequent cause. It occurs at the age of 6 to 24 months.
Objective: to identify the risk factors to anemia in six months-old infants.
Methods: a retrospective longitudinal and descriptive study was conducted in “Angel Arturo Aballi” Polyclinics from September 1st 2012 to August 31st 2013. All the medical histories from children born in this period and those of their mothers during pregnancy were all analyzed and the method was the convenience nonprobabilistic sampling. The studied variables were hematocryt count at the third trimester of pregnancy and after delivery in mothers, and the gestational age at the time of delivery, birthweight, type of feeding, hematocrit count and nutritional assessment at 6 months of age in children. The summary measures were absolute numbers and percentages whereas Chi-square estimation was used for variables association.
Results: anemia was diagnosed in 38.9 % of infants according to the hematocrit count. Low birth weight (p= 0.009), existing anemia in the third trimester of pregnancy (p= 0.018) and no breastfeeding (p= 0.027) were significantly related to anemia.
Conclusions: low birth weight, anemia in the third trimester of pregnancy and artificial lactation are the risk factors related to anemia at 6 months of age.


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