Prevalence and causes of anaemia in children aged 6-23 months in rural Qinghai, China: findings from a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the current situation of anaemia among children aged 6-23 months in a rural county in China, and to explore the influencing factors and the main causes of anaemia.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Huzhu County in Qinghai Province, China PARTICIPANTS: We selected 38 sampled villages using Proportional to Population Size sampling method. We obtained the name list of children aged 6-23 months in each sampled village and planned to survey all the eligible children aged 6-23 months and their caregivers.

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

The prevalence of anaemia, the influencing factors of anaemia, the laboratory tests for biological causes of anaemia, including serum ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor, folic acid, homocyste

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738674 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature