ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2019
Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Haryana, India.
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- Determinants of Anemia Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
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- A district-level geospatial analysis of anaemia prevalence among rural men in India, 2019-21.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
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- A National Survey of the Prevalence of Anemia and Obesity in Indian School Children.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among men in rural India: Evidence from a nationally representative survey.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Anaemia among mother-father-child pairs in India: examining co-existence of triple burden of anaemia in a family.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Socio-economic inequality in anaemia among men in India: a study based on cross-sectional data.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Risk factors of anemia amongst elderly population living at high-altitude region of India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Anemia in Indian Men: An Emerging Public Health Challenge.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
- Prevalence of Anemia Among Elderly Population Residing in an Urban Area of West Bengal: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Analytical Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Anemia is an under-recognized morbidity among adult males causing significant productivity loss. A study was done among adult males (≥18 years) in a rural area of Haryana, India to estimate the prevalence and determinants of anemia and to explore their attitude and beliefs about anemia. Mixed methods approach was adopted. A total of 1219 participants were selected by multi-stage simple random sampling for the cross-sectional study and were administered a questionnaire followed by hemoglobin measurement using HemoCue method. Six focus group discussions were conducted. Age adjusted prevalence of anemia was 27.9% [95% confidence interval (95% CI): 27.4-28.4%]. Anemia was found to be positively associated with age more than 50 years (OR: 2.7 (95% CI: 1.7-4.2) in age group 50-59 years and 3.6 (95% CI: 2.3-5.6) in age group ≥60 years as compared with age group 18-24 years) and presence of chronic co-morbidity (OR: 2.0; 95% CI: 1.2-3.2). There were misconceptions among study participants about the role of specific dietary factors in causation of anemia. Poor purchasing capacity was cited as main reason for not consuming iron rich diet. Anemia was a common morbidity in this study population.
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