Prevalence and morphological subtype distributions of anaemia in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the recent prevalence and the distributions of morphological subtypes of anaemia in the rural population.

Design

Anaemia was defined according to the WHO and the Chinese criteria, and the morphological subtypes of anaemia were classified based on the erythrocyte parameters. The age-standardised prevalence was calculated according to the data of the Population Census 2010 in China.

Setting

A cross-sectional study in Henan Province.

Participants

33 585 subjects aged 18-79 years old.

Results

The standardised prevalence of anaemia across the WHO and the Chinese definitions was 13·63 % and 5·45 %, respectively. Regardless of which criteria was used, the standardised prevalence of anaemia was higher among women than among

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10346018 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature