ArticleNutrients2023
Micronutrient Status and Other Correlates of Hemoglobin among Children with Stunting: A Cross-Sectional Study in Uganda.
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- The Effect of Anemia on Mortality in Children Hospitalized with Severe Pneumonia in Uganda.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Plasma Amino Acids as Correlates of Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Linear Growth, and Fat-Free Mass: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ugandan Children with Stunting.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Infections, Animal-Source Foods, and Micronutrient Status as Correlates of Serum IGF-1 in Children with Stunting: A Cross-sectional Study in Uganda.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Assessment of hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio to predict all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Optimization of Provitamin A Maize and Iron-Rich Bean-Based Composite Flour for Improved Child Nutrition.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- The Evaluation of Anemia Among Stunted Children Aged 6-24 Months in Bandung District, West Java, Indonesia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding Stunting: Impact, Causes, and Strategy to Accelerate Stunting Reduction-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Hemoglobin as a mediator between air pollution and growth outcomes in children under 60 months: the moderating role of nutritional supplementation.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Vitamin A and Vitamin D Profiles among Stunted Children in Bogor, Indonesia.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
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Abstract
In low-income countries, undernutrition and infections play a major role in childhood anemia. Stunted children may be at particular risk of anemia. In a cross-sectional study nested in a nutrition trial among 12-59-month-old stunted children in eastern Uganda, we measured hemoglobin (Hb) and markers of iron, cobalamin, folate and vitamin A status. We assessed low micronutrient status, socio-demography, stunting severity, inflammation and malaria as correlates of Hb and anemia using linear and logistic regression analyses, respectively. Of 750 stunted children, the mean ± SD age was 32.0 ± 11.7 months and 55% (n = 412) were male. The mean Hb was 104 ± 15 g/L and 65% had anemia, Hb < 110 g/L. In a multivariable model with age, sex and inflammation, the following were associated with lower Hb: serum ferritin < 12 µg/L (-5.6 g/L, 95% CI: -8.6; -2.6), transferrin receptors > 8.3 mg/L (-6.2 g/L, 95% CI: -8.4; -4.0), plasma folate <20 nmol/L (-4.6 g/L, 95% CI: -8.1;-1.1), cobalamin < 222 pmol/L (-3.0 g/L, 95% CI: -5.4; -0.7) and serum retinol-binding protein < 0.7 µmol/L (-2.0 g/L, 95% CI: -4.1; 0.2). In addition, severe stunting, inflammation and malaria were negative correlates. Anemia is common among stunted children in eastern Uganda; micronutrient deficiencies, inflammation and malaria are associated with low Hb.
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