Prevalence of Anemia in Children of Rural Population of Northern State of India

Geetika Mehta; Monika Sachdeva; Rashmi Tripathi

doi:10.30827/ars.v62i2.17762

Autores/as

Geetika Mehta Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy). Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-5883
Monika Sachdeva Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-5122
Rashmi Tripathi Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-5264

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/ars.v62i2.17762

Palabras clave:

anemia, hemoglobina, índice de masa corporal, niños

Resumen

Introducción: India soporta la mayor carga de anemia, especialmente en niños y mujeres. Hay menos datos disponibles sobre la prevalencia de anemia en niños en crecimiento de 10 a 14 años. Es importante intervenir temprano y rastrear a este grupo. El objetivo del presente estudio fue estimar la prevalencia de anemia y su correlación con la edad, sexo e índice de masa corporal en niños del área rural de Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Método: Se incluyó un total de 600 niños de entre 5 y 13 años. Se utilizó un cuestionario detallado para recopilar datos de salud de los niños y el estado socioeconómico de los padres. Se midió peso talla y se calculó el índice de masa corporal. Se midió la hemoglobina mediante analizador calibrado.

Resultados: La prevalencia de anemia según los estándares de la OMS en estos niños fue de 57,67%. Los resultados revelan que la anemia en esta región es más prevalente en las niñas (68%) en comparación con los niños (47,3%). Sin embargo, la asociación entre el índice de masa corporal y la hemoglobina no fue estadísticamente significativa en el presente estudio.

Conclusiones: Nuestros resultados sugieren que el aumento de la prevalencia de anemia en los niños del área rural está asociado con múltiples deficiencias de nutrientes. Las intervenciones nutricionales, la evaluación de los factores de riesgo predisponentes y una mayor cobertura del programa de suplementación son medidas recomendadas que se pueden adoptar para controlar la anemia en los niños.

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Biografía del autor/a

Geetika Mehta, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy). Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Assistant Professor, Department of pharmacology

Monika Sachdeva, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India

professor and Principal

Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India

Rashmi Tripathi, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacology, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 201001 India

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