Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil
AbstractBackground: Iron deficiency is one of the leading causes of anaemia, with those most affected being children and women of childbearing age, in Brazil there is a scarcity of studies involving the local prevalence of anaemia. Aim: To evaluate anaemia and associated factors in schoolchildren in...
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| author | Karini da Rosa Luana Beatriz Limberger Maiara de Queiroz Fischer Caroline dos Santos Cézane Priscila Reuter Charise Dallazem Bertol Jorge André Horta Silvia Isabel Rech Franke Daniel Prá |
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| description | AbstractBackground: Iron deficiency is one of the leading causes of anaemia, with those most affected being children and women of childbearing age, in Brazil there is a scarcity of studies involving the local prevalence of anaemia. Aim: To evaluate anaemia and associated factors in schoolchildren in Santa Cruz do Sul through the analysis of biochemical and haematological markers and parasitological examination of faeces. Subjects and methods: School children from 10 to 12 years of age were evaluated through complete blood count, serum ferritin, C-reactive protein and stool parasitological examination, as well as socio-demographic characteristics and prophylaxis with ferrous sulphate in childhood. Results: It was found that 13.0% of the population was anaemic, girls were very slightly overrepresented among the anaemic children. Only 5.3% had altered haematocrit levels; 26.6% had low Mean Corpuscular Volume levels; 18.4% had low ferritin levels; 2.4% had increased C-reactive protein levels, and 21.7% had altered eosinophils. As for the socioeconomic level, classes A2 and D presented lower haemoglobin levels, as well as class D presenting lower ferritin levels, although without statistical significance. Only 6.0% of the population presented iron-deficiency anaemia and 46.0% of the schoolchildren had used ferrous sulphate supplementation in childhood. Conclusion: The prevalence of anaemia in the studied municipality is low, probably due to the high municipal human development index. Epidemiological studies are essential to characterise the population in a systematic form, to prevent future problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04d3e965cd0e4561bbbdd2ab6523af0d2024-01-31T09:28:56ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332024-12-0151110.1080/03014460.2023.2298473Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern BrazilKarini da Rosa0Luana Beatriz Limberger1Maiara de Queiroz Fischer2Caroline dos Santos3Cézane Priscila Reuter4Charise Dallazem Bertol5Jorge André Horta6Silvia Isabel Rech Franke7Daniel Prá8Programa de Pós Graduação em Envelhecimento Humano, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Envelhecimento Humano, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, BrazilAbstractBackground: Iron deficiency is one of the leading causes of anaemia, with those most affected being children and women of childbearing age, in Brazil there is a scarcity of studies involving the local prevalence of anaemia. Aim: To evaluate anaemia and associated factors in schoolchildren in Santa Cruz do Sul through the analysis of biochemical and haematological markers and parasitological examination of faeces. Subjects and methods: School children from 10 to 12 years of age were evaluated through complete blood count, serum ferritin, C-reactive protein and stool parasitological examination, as well as socio-demographic characteristics and prophylaxis with ferrous sulphate in childhood. Results: It was found that 13.0% of the population was anaemic, girls were very slightly overrepresented among the anaemic children. Only 5.3% had altered haematocrit levels; 26.6% had low Mean Corpuscular Volume levels; 18.4% had low ferritin levels; 2.4% had increased C-reactive protein levels, and 21.7% had altered eosinophils. As for the socioeconomic level, classes A2 and D presented lower haemoglobin levels, as well as class D presenting lower ferritin levels, although without statistical significance. Only 6.0% of the population presented iron-deficiency anaemia and 46.0% of the schoolchildren had used ferrous sulphate supplementation in childhood. Conclusion: The prevalence of anaemia in the studied municipality is low, probably due to the high municipal human development index. Epidemiological studies are essential to characterise the population in a systematic form, to prevent future problems.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2023.2298473Anaemiaschool childrenhaematologysocioeconomic statussupplementation |
| spellingShingle | Karini da Rosa Luana Beatriz Limberger Maiara de Queiroz Fischer Caroline dos Santos Cézane Priscila Reuter Charise Dallazem Bertol Jorge André Horta Silvia Isabel Rech Franke Daniel Prá Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil Annals of Human Biology Anaemia school children haematology socioeconomic status supplementation |
| title | Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil |
| title_full | Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil |
| title_short | Anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of Southern Brazil |
| title_sort | anaemia among school children of different socioeconomical status in a city of southern brazil |
| topic | Anaemia school children haematology socioeconomic status supplementation |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2023.2298473 |
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