Livestock ownership and anaemia in Sub-Saharan African households.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between livestock ownership and Hb concentration of women of child-bearing age (WCBA) and preschool-aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Design

A prospective analysis of publicly available cross-sectional data, using linear and logistic regressions controlling for potential confounders.

Setting

Twenty-eight countries in SSA.

Participants

162 305 WCBA and 118 607 children aged 6-59 months.

Results

More than half of WCBA (62·5 %) and children (58 %) belonged to households that owned livestock. The average altitude-adjusted blood Hb concentration for WCBA and children was 12.23 and 10·24 g/dL, respectively. In adjusted models, higher number of livestock owned was associated with lower Hb concentration for childre

SUBMITTER: Acharya Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8020335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature