[Prevalence of anemia in women attending family planning clinic in Durango (author's transl)]. / La prevalencia de anemia en mujeres asistentes a servicios de planificación familiar en la Ciudad de Durango.
Rev Invest Clin
; 32(4): 369-74, 1980.
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PIP: This study investigates the prevalence of anemia in a group of 500 women requesting contraception for the first time at the Health Center in Durango, Mexico. 92% of women were between 15-34, with the majority in the age group 20-24; most had parity 1-4. The average hemoglobin level was 13.04 g/dl, with SE of 0.08. There were 70 anemic women with hemoglobin level below 12 g/dl, which gave a percentage of 14%. 90% of anemic women presented iron deficiency. 16.8% of the total number of women were within the 1st 6 weeks postpartum or postabortion; of these 32% were anemic. Of the 82.4% of women beyond this period of time only 10.4% were anemic. There was no increase in the prevalence of anemia in women with higher parity; among the 174 obese women the percentage of anemia was 86%. The relatively high prevalence of anemia in women seeking contraception compels the doctor to consider very seriously the type of contraception to be prescribed. In Mexico there is an important difference in the geographic distribution of anemia, which seems to be most common in the province of Yucatan, and which is probably caused by alimentary iron deficiency.^ieng
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Acceptor Characteristics; Acceptors; Age Factors; Americas; Biology; Body Weight; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Developing Countries; Family Planning; Family Planning Centers; Family Planning Programs; Hematological Effects; Hemic System; Hemoglobin Level; Latin America; Measurement; Mexico; North America; Obesity; Parity; Physiology; Postabortion; Pregnancy--side effects; Prevalence; Puerperium; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Serum Iron Level
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Anemia
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Invest Clin
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1980
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México