Association between anemia and household water source or sanitation in preschool children: the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The associations between anemia and household water source and sanitation remain unclear.

Objectives

We aimed to assess the associations between anemia and household water source or sanitation in preschool children (PSC; age 6-59 mo) using population-based surveys from the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project.

Methods

We analyzed national and subnational data from 21 surveys, representing 19 countries (n = 35,963). Observations with hemoglobin (Hb) and ≥1 variable reflecting household water source or sanitation were included. Anemia was defined as an altitude-adjusted Hb concentration <110 g/L. Household water source and sanitation variables were dichotomized as "improved" or "unimproved." Poisson regres

SUBMITTER: Yu EX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7396266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature