ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2010
Thalassemia and iron deficiency in a group of northeast Thai school children: relationship to the occurrence of anemia.
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- Prevalence of Alpha(α)-Thalassemia in Southeast Asia (2010-2020): A Meta-Analysis Involving 83,674 Subjects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Prevalence and associated factors of at risk of anemia among children under five in Northeast Thailand using noninvasive hemoglobin screening in a cross sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Anemia, iron deficiency, and thalassemia among the Thai population inhabiting at the Thailand-Lao PDR-Cambodia triangle.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Iron deficiency anemia interfering the diagnosis of compound heterozygosity for Hb constant spring and Hb Paksé: The first case report.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2018Article
- Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies in an ethnic minority group in Central Vietnam: implications to health burden and relationship between two ethnic minority groups.Journal of community genetics · 2017Article
- Prevalence of anemia and underlying iron status in naive antiretroviral therapy HIV-infected children with moderate immune suppression.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2012Article
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Abstract
unlabelledThe cross-sectional study assessed anemia, thalassemia, and hemoglobinopathies, as well as iron deficiency, among 190 northeastern Thai school children aged 10 to 11 years. The aim was to analyze the reasons for anemia among the group. Hemoglobin concentration and other hematological parameters were determined using an automated blood cell counter. Beta-thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies were identified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of hemoglobin. Alpha-thalassemia was identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and related techniques. Iron deficiency was assessed using serum ferritin (SF) <20 ng/ml as indicator. Based on the WHO criteria, anemia was defined by hemoglobin (Hb) level <11.5 g/dl. Twenty five out of 190 children (13.2%; 95% CI = 8.7-18.8%) were anemic. Iron deficiency was found in only two out of 190 children (1.0%; 95% CI = 0.1-3.8%), but the two iron deficient children were not anemic. The proportion of thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies among the group was 61.1% (95% CI = 53.7-68.0%). As underlying reasons for anemia, thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies were found in 22 out of 25 (88.0%) anemic children. Beta-thalassemia and homozygous Hb E seem to be important, while this was less obvious for heterozygous α-thalassemia and heterozygous Hb E.
conclusionThe results suggest that thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies may be major contributing factors to the occurrence of anemia in this area among the children's population.
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