A Study of Anemic Status of Women of Child Bearing Age from Rajkot Western India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Anemia is the most common disorder of the blood. It is a pathophysiological condition where production, morphology and functionality of red blood cells (RBC) are adversely affected.Up to 10% or more of adolescent and adult women in USA under age 49 years are iron deficient. It is in the range of 50-90% or even more in developing countries like India. In the present study a survey of was carried out of 1,000 women from semi-urban area in child bearing age, i.e. 15-49 years to check hemoglobin level and to correlate it with some of the contributing factors like age, educational qualification and dietary habit. A very high prevalence (80.4%) of anemia along with very poor awareness was observed. Correlation between age of the respondents as well as educational qualification with hemoglobin level was found to be statistically significant at more than 1% level of significance. Respondents with non-vegetarian food habits were found to be having high hemoglobin level compare to their counterparts. Thus, awareness regarding dietary modifications, supplementations etc.is highly recommended to overcome huge burden of anemia in this very important segment of society.
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Gira P. Mankad
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