ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2020
Prevalence of Iron deficiency in Lebanese schoolchildren.
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- Overnutrition is a risk factor for iron, but not for zinc or vitamin A deficiency in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2024Pooled it
- Silent losses: predictors of anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies and their associations with menstrual bleeding in Lebanon - findings from a national cross-sectional study.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Children Aged 6 to 12 Years in Tunisia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Prevalence and status of Lipoprotein (a) among Lebanese school children.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of iron deficiency in the Lebanese pediatric population is unknown. The aim of this study is to estimate this prevalence in Lebanese schoolchildren and to assess the relation between iron status and related factors. SUBJECTS/
methodsA total of 903 children aged 8-18 years (466 boys and 437 girls) were included in the study. Recruitment was done from ten schools with different SES levels and located in the Great Beirut and Mount Lebanon areas. Serum ferritin was measured in all participants and testosterone was measured only in boys using Immulite chemiluminescent assays.
resultsFor the entire sample, the median serum ferritin concentration was 30.0 [19.8-44.8] ng/mL and the prevalence of iron deficiency (ferritin < 15 ng/mL) was 14.2%. Iron deficiency was higher in girls compared with boys (respectively, 20.8% and 7.9%). This prevalence varied with the SES (respectively, 11.6%, 11.9%, and 16.8% in high, middle, and low SES, p = 0.09). Iron deficiency increased with age (9.5%, 15.7%, and 17.5%, respectively, for the age groups 8-11, 12-14, and 15-18, p = 0.014) and did not differ between normal, overweight, and obese groups (p = 0.07). In boys, a significant positive correlation was observed between ferritin and total testosterone (rho = 0.150, p = 0.001).
conclusionThe prevalence of iron deficiency is relatively low in Lebanon. Younger boys, menstruating girls, and children from low SES are more prone to iron deficiency, while BMI has no impact.
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