Trial reportPublic health nutrition2016
Characterisation of anaemia and associated factors among infants and pre-schoolers from rural India.
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- Association of dietary diversity and odds of anemia in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of anemia in India: a systematic review, meta-analysis and geospatial analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Food insecurity and anaemia risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Infant vitamin B12 status and its predictors - cross-sectional baseline results from an ongoing randomized controlled trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Anaemia in early childhood: prevalence, co-existence with undernutrition, and its correlates in urban slums of Belagavi.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia Among Women of Reproductive Age and Children Under Five in Tajikistan.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Impact assessment of fortified rice under the public distribution system: evidence from the tribal regions of Gujarat.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2024Article
- Predictors of anaemia in mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh, India.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Iron Deficiency Anemia: Efficacy and Limitations of Nutritional and Comprehensive Mitigation Strategies.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Prevention of iron deficiency anemia in infants and toddlers.Pediatric research · 2021Review
- High dietary micronutrient inadequacy in peri-urban school children from a district in South India: Potential for staple food fortification and nutrient supplementation.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Retention, stability, iron bioavailability and sensory evaluation of extruded rice fortified with iron, folic acid and vitamin BMaternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Maternal Anaemia in Pregnancy: A Significantly Greater Risk Factor for Anaemia in Australian Aboriginal Children than Low Birth Weight or Prematurity.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Is Anemia in Low Income Pregnant Women Related to Their Infants' Having Anemia? A Cohort Study of Pregnant Women-Infant Pairs in the United States.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Trace Element Status in Children with Infantile Tremor Syndrome: An Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Based Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- Quantitative absorption imaging of red blood cells to determine physical and mechanical properties.RSC advances · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveIn India, national databases indicate anaemia prevalence of 80 % among 6-35-month-old children and 58 % among 36-59-month-old children. The present study aimed to characterise anaemia and the associated factors among infants and pre-schoolers living in rural India.
designMultivariate logistic regression analysis of data collected prior to an intervention trial. Fe-deficiency with anaemia (IDA), Fe deficiency with no anaemia (IDNA) and anaemia without Fe deficiency were defined. Serum ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and sTfR/log ferritin index were used to indicate Fe status.
settingTwenty-six villages of Nalgonda district, Telangana, India. Data were collected in community sites. Participants Four hundred and seventy-six infants (aged 6-12 months), 316 pre-schoolers (aged 29-56 months) and their mothers.
resultsPrevalence of anaemia among infants and pre-schoolers was 66·4 and 47·8 %, prevalence of IDA was 52·2 and 42·1 %, prevalence of IDNA was 22·2 and 29·8 %, prevalence of anaemia without Fe deficiency was 14·2 and 5·7 %. Among infants, anaemia was positively associated with maternal anaemia (OR=3·31; 95 % CI 2·10, 5·23; P<0·001), and sTfR/log ferritin index (OR=2·21; 95 % CI 1·39, 3·54; P=0·001). Among pre-schoolers, anaemia was positively associated with maternal anaemia (OR=3·77; 95 % CI 1·94, 7·30; P<0·001), sTfR/log ferritin index (OR=5·29; 95 % CI 2·67, 10·50; P<0·001), high C-reactive protein (OR=4·39; 95 % CI 1·91, 10·06, P<0·001) and young age (29-35 months: OR=1·92; 05 % CI 1·18, 3·13, P=0·009).
conclusionsAnaemia prevalence continues to be high among infants and pre-schoolers in rural India. Based on sTfR/ferritin index, Fe deficiency is a major factor associated with anaemia. Anaemia is also associated with inflammation among pre-schoolers and with maternal anaemia among infants and pre-schoolers, illustrating the importance of understanding the aetiology of anaemia in designing effective control strategies.
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