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Dietary determinants of the anemia prevalence in Mexican women: results of a probabilistic survey
Author(s) -
Rodríguez Sonia,
Rosas Veronica Mundo,
Jimenez Alejandra,
Shamah Teresa,
Rivera Juan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a685-a
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , logistic regression , environmental health , nutrient , hemoglobin , demography , biology , sociology , ecology
Objective: To identify the dietary determinants of anemia in Mexican women of 12 to 49 years old. Methods: We studied a national probabilistic sample of 12050 Mexican women from the National Survey of Health and Nutrition 2006 in Mexico. A 7 day semi‐quantitative FFQ was used in order to determine nutrient intakes. Risk for inadequate iron, folate and vitamin C intake was evaluated. To evaluate this risk, proportion of women who did not reach their correspondent Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) was calculated. Hemoglobin concentration (Hb) was measured through the use of portable photometers. Anemia was determined as Hb<12 g/dL at sea level, adjusting for altitude as neccesary. Logistic models by area (urban/rural) were used. Results: The prevalence of anemia was 15.7%. Risk of iron (OR=1.32) and vitamin C (OR=1.21) inadequacy was associated with anemia (p<0.05) in rural area. Risk of folate inadequacy was associated marginally with anemia in urban area (OR=1.24, p=0.08). Conclusions: Prevalencia of anemia is still a nutritional problem in Mexico and it is associated to dietary factors. More than a half of de Mexican women did not reach their nutrients requirement related with the iron status.