Prevalence of anaemia in Brazilian children in different epidemiological scenarios: an updated meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To update the estimation of the prevalence of anaemia in Brazilian children according to four different epidemiological scenarios.

Design

A new systematic review was conducted with a meta-analysis of the results published between 2007 and May 2019. Literature search was carried out in the PubMed and LILACS databases using keywords anaemia, child and Brazil. A total of thirty-seven articles (17 741 children) were selected and categorised according to the origin of their respective samples: childcare centres (Childcare; n 13 studies/2697 individuals), health services (Services; n 4/755), populations with social inequities (Inequities, n 7/6798) and population-based studies (Populations; n 13/7491). Assuming a prevalence of 20·9 % as reference (Health National Survey;

SUBMITTER: Ferreira HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature