Predictors of anaemia in mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Anaemia affects more than half of Indian women and children, but the contribution of its causes remains unquantified. We examined interrelationships between Hb and nutritional, environmental, infectious and genetic determinants of anaemia in non-pregnant mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of households in twenty-five districts of UP between October and December 2016. We collected socio-demographic data, anthropometry and venous blood in 1238 non-pregnant mothers and their children. We analysed venous blood samples for malaria, Hb, ferritin, retinol, folate, Zn, vitamin B₁₂, C-reactive protein, α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and β-thalassaemia. We used path analysis to examine pathways throug

SUBMITTER: Larson LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature