[Prevalence of anemia in a sample of school children in Durango City]. / Prevalencia de anemia en una muestra de escolares de la ciudad de Durango.
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
; 36(3): 507-17, 1979.
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| ID: mdl-426931
The circulatory levels of hemoglobin and the frequency of anemia were determined in a representative sample of children with a mean age of 6.7 years. A random sample of 500 children of the city of Durango was studied. Durango has an altitude of 1893 m above sea level. The mean value of hemoglobin was 12.57 g/100 ml, with a range of 9.4 to 15.0 and a SE of 0.05. There was no difference statistically significant between the sexes. Considering 12.0 as the lower normal limit for hemoglobin values, it was found that 16% of the children were anemic, 49% of the anemic children were iron deficient, with iron serum levels of less than 60 ug/100 ml. The relationship between anemia and number of living children, birth order and weight was established. The frequency of anemia was higher among children coming from families with 4 or more living children.
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Assunto principal:
Hemoglobinas
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Anemia
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Ferro
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
Ano de publicação:
1979
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México