ArticleIndian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
Prevalence of Anemia Among Elderly Population Residing in an Urban Area of West Bengal: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Analytical Study.
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- Prevalence of anemia in India: a systematic review, meta-analysis and geospatial analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of Anemia and Its Associated Factors among Urban Indian Elderly Population: Findings from Cross-sectional Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among geriatric population from rural Mangalore: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and causes of anemia among older adults in India: findings from wave 2 of the Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD).International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Association Between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Risk of Anemia: An Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Context: India is experiencing a rapid increase in the elderly population (aged 60 years and above) compared to the last decade. The multifactorial condition of anemia grossly influences the health-related quality of life and mortality in this age group. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among older adults residing in an urban area of West Bengal, India. Materials and Methods: The community-based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in Kalyani Municipality, West Bengal, from March to April 2021. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to select study participants. Hemoglobin (Hb) was measured using a digital hemoglobinometer (HemoCue301), and data were collected using EpiCollect5 software. Results: The mean (SD) age of 457 participants was 68.9 (7.3) years with 52.1% ( Conclusion: The prevalence of anemia is very high in older adults. There is an urgent need to include the elderly age group in the existing health programme for anemia, i.e., Anemia Mukt Bharat.
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