Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma

  Background: There are many risk factor for asthma occurrence like gender, atopy and infection. Trace elements like iron, magnesium and zinc play a role in decreasing airway hyperreponsiveness.  Objective: To evaluate iron deficiency anemia  as a risk factor for childhood asthma and its like...

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Main Authors: Maghreb S Alkhateeb, Hassan M Khalil, Mezher Mohsin Kadhim, Jalil I Alezzi
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Language:English
Published: College of medicine/ University of Diyala 2019-12-01
Series:Diyala Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/509
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Hassan M Khalil
Mezher Mohsin Kadhim
Jalil I Alezzi
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description   Background: There are many risk factor for asthma occurrence like gender, atopy and infection. Trace elements like iron, magnesium and zinc play a role in decreasing airway hyperreponsiveness.  Objective: To evaluate iron deficiency anemia  as a risk factor for childhood asthma and its likely outcome on lung functions. Patients and Methods: Across-sectional comparative study was conducted on 200 children, 6–14 years old who admitted  to the outpatient pediatric clinics and emergency department of Albatool  Teaching hospital  in Diyala governorate from Oct. 2017 to Oct 2018, they were categorized into: group I: 100 children with IDA-who was subdivided into group Ia: Asthmatic children and group I b: Non asthmatic children. Group II: 100 children without IDA, subdivided into group II a: asthmatic children and group II b: non-asthmatic children. Results: Children with asthma in group I a the male to female ratio was 1.75/1.0 and in group II b the ratio was 1.4/1.0.The anemic group with asthma constitute 66% of group I, while in group II the asthmatic children constituted 24%of included children. Anemic asthmatic children had significant difference regarding pulmonary function tests in comparison to non-anemic asthmatics. Conclusion: Anemic asthmatics group constituted 66%, and anemia had significant detrimental effects on pulmonary function tests in comparison to non-anemic asthmatics. DOI:https://doi.org/10.26505/DJM.17024860807
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spelling doaj.art-f38456d862f743f8acdca752044505f52023-11-19T23:20:13ZengCollege of medicine/ University of DiyalaDiyala Journal of Medicine2219-97642617-89822019-12-01172Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of AsthmaMaghreb S Alkhateeb Hassan M Khalil Mezher Mohsin Kadhim Jalil I Alezzi   Background: There are many risk factor for asthma occurrence like gender, atopy and infection. Trace elements like iron, magnesium and zinc play a role in decreasing airway hyperreponsiveness.  Objective: To evaluate iron deficiency anemia  as a risk factor for childhood asthma and its likely outcome on lung functions. Patients and Methods: Across-sectional comparative study was conducted on 200 children, 6–14 years old who admitted  to the outpatient pediatric clinics and emergency department of Albatool  Teaching hospital  in Diyala governorate from Oct. 2017 to Oct 2018, they were categorized into: group I: 100 children with IDA-who was subdivided into group Ia: Asthmatic children and group I b: Non asthmatic children. Group II: 100 children without IDA, subdivided into group II a: asthmatic children and group II b: non-asthmatic children. Results: Children with asthma in group I a the male to female ratio was 1.75/1.0 and in group II b the ratio was 1.4/1.0.The anemic group with asthma constitute 66% of group I, while in group II the asthmatic children constituted 24%of included children. Anemic asthmatic children had significant difference regarding pulmonary function tests in comparison to non-anemic asthmatics. Conclusion: Anemic asthmatics group constituted 66%, and anemia had significant detrimental effects on pulmonary function tests in comparison to non-anemic asthmatics. DOI:https://doi.org/10.26505/DJM.17024860807 https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/509Children Asthma, Fe deficiency
spellingShingle Maghreb S Alkhateeb
Hassan M Khalil
Mezher Mohsin Kadhim
Jalil I Alezzi
Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
Diyala Journal of Medicine
Children Asthma, Fe deficiency
title Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
title_full Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
title_fullStr Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
title_full_unstemmed Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
title_short Iron Deficit Anemia As a Risk Factor of Asthma
title_sort iron deficit anemia as a risk factor of asthma
topic Children Asthma, Fe deficiency
url https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/509
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