Anaemia in Indians aged 10-19 years: Prevalence, burden and associated factors at national and regional levels.

ABSTRACT: Anaemia control programmes in India are hampered by a lack of representative evidence on anaemia prevalence, burden and associated factors for adolescents. The aim of this study was to: (1) describe the national and subnational prevalence, severity and burden of anaemia among Indian adolescents; (2) examine factors associated with anaemia at national and regional levels. Data (n = 14,673 individuals aged 10-19 years) were from India's Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS, 2016-2018). CNNS used a multistage, stratified, probability proportion to size cluster sampling design. Prevalence was estimated using globally comparable age- and sex-specific cutoffs, using survey weights for biomarker sample collection. Burden analysis used prevalence estimates and projected population from 20

SUBMITTER: Scott S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9480897 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature