Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among children aged 0-59 months in a rural region of Armenia: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the trend of increasing prevalence of childhood anaemia in Armenia, no studies exploring its risk factors have been conducted in the country. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and determinants of childhood anaemia in rural Armenia.

Design

Blood Hb level was measured among a representative sample of children using the HemoCue Hb201+ analyser. The revealed cases with anaemia were compared with randomly selected non-anaemic controls. Mothers of cases and controls were interviewed. Logistic and linear regression models were fitted to identify the risk factors of anaemia and low Hb level, respectively.

Setting

Talin communities, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia.

Subjects

Children under 5 years of age in Talin region.

Results

SUBMITTER: Demirchyan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271062 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature