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Prevalence of Anemia Among the Elderly in India: Evidence From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies.
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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
- Characterization of anemia and its association with functional status and depression in geriatric patients with solid organ cancers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Observational
- Anaemia, Iron Deficiency, and Functional Outcomes in Rural Older Indians: Insights from the Odisha Tribal Family Health Survey.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Preoperative hemoglobin level and its relationship with mortality and adverse outcomes in older hip fracture patients from Qatar.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- 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
- Prevalence of Anemia of Chronic Disease/Inflammation at a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anemia is a leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality among the elderly population. In spite of numerous interventions and strategies rolled out to tackle the growing burden of anemia, lesser importance is being given to this age group. There is a lack of data on the national level burden of anemia among elderly persons (≥ 60 years) in India. We aimed at estimating the prevalence of anemia among elderly persons (≥ 60 years) in India by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and IndMed, and included cross-sectional studies reporting data on the prevalence of anemia among elderly persons in India and used random effects model to estimate pooled point prevalence with 95% confidence interval (CI), To explore the heterogeneity further, we did sub-group analyses based on zonal divisions of India (region), rural or urban, study setting, method of hemoglobin estimation and sampling strategy. Out of 22 studies, one study was of high quality of bias, 11 of moderate, and 10 were of low quality of bias. The pooled estimate of anemia was 68.3% (95%CI: 60.7 to 75.9), I
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