Clinical and Epidemiological profile of Anemia in central India
Keywords:
Anemia, Iron deficiency, Microcytic anemia, Nutritional anemia
Abstract
Background: The present, hospital based prevalence study has been conducted to assess the clinical and epidemiological profile of anemia in central India.
Methods: In this study 200 patients of anemia from medical out patients department and indoor wards, age between 15-70 years, randomly selected without any bias for sex, occupation, socio-economic status and duration of disease.
Results: This study shows that maximum number of patients (40%) were from age group 21-30 years. Between 15-30 years age group, prevalence of anemia was more in females than males. 57% study population have moderate anemia and 41% patients have severe anemia. Weakness & easy fatigability were most common (100%) presenting symptoms and pallor was most common (98% patients) clinical sign. Microcytic and hypochromic type peripheral smear was most common laboratory findings (59% cases). Nutritional anemia was the most common type of anemia (84%).
Conclusions: Nutritional deficiency anemia is the most common cause of anemia among population, and iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in population.
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9. Lindsay H Allen. Anemia and iron deficiency: effects on pregnancy outcome. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 May;71(5):1280s-84s. [PubMed]
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2014.i01.09
Published: 2019-10-31
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Kumar Ratre B, Prasad Patel N, Patel U, Jain R, Sharma VK. Clinical and Epidemiological profile of Anemia in central India. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2019Oct.31 [cited 2024Dec.23];2(1):45-2. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/57
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