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T1 Prevalencia de anemia en niños de 1 a 4 años de edad en Asunción y Central, Paraguay 2017
T2 Prevalence of anemia in children aged 1 to 4 years in Asunción and the Central Department, Paraguay 2017
A1 Galeano Valdez, Fernando Agustín
A1 Sanabria Báez, Gabriela Ariane
A1 Sanabria, Marta Cristina
A1 Kawabata Inoue, Aníbal Yasunari
A1 Aguilar Barreto, Gloria Celeste
A1 Estigarribia Sanabria, Gladys Mercedes
A1 Vuyk de Manera, Iris Nilda
A1 Muñoz, Sergio
A1 Pizarro, Fernando
AB Introduction: Children are the group most affected by anemia. In Paraguay there are no updated data on the prevalence of anemia in children under 5 years of age. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anemia in previously healthy children aged 1 to 4 years who presented to health services clinics and nurseries in Asunción and the Central Department, Paraguay, during the year 2017. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, observational descriptive study. We used random, stratified sampling. Confidence level: 95% Sample error: 5%. Variables: age, sex, hemoglobin, hematometric indices, ferritin, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, z Weight / Age, z Weight / Height, z Height / Age, birth weight. Parametric and non-parametric measures, χ2, were analyzed. Anemia was defined by WHO criteria for the 1 to 5 year-old group: Hemoglobin Hb <11 g / dL and Mean Corpuscular Volume MCV <72 fL The Anthro Program v 3.2.2 and SPSS 16.0 were used. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, and informed consent was obtained. Significance level <0.05. Results: 806 patients were recruited. Hgb, MCV and ferritin were determined in 706 patients. 327 (46.3%) were male. The mean Hgb was 11.9 ±1.03 g / dL. Mean corpuscular volume 71.2 ± 26 fL. 83/706 patients with anemia (11.8%) were found, 44/83 (53%) were microcytic (MCV <72 fL). Negative CRP 640/706 (90.7%) patients. Average albuminemia was 4.5 ± 0.2 g / dL. The mean of z Weight / Age was 0.29 ± 1.33, z Weight / Height - 0.38 ± 1.52 and the z Height / Age was 0.92 ± 1.64. Ferritin <12μg / L was 17.6%. No relationship was found between birth weight and anemia [p = 0.11. RR: 1.45 (0.6-2.3)]. The prevalence of anemia in the 12 to 23 month group was 39% vs 6.9% in preschool children (χ2 p <0.05). Conclusions: The prevalence of anemia in infants from Asunción and the Central Department constitutes a public health problem.
PB Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría
SN 1683-979X
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/4541
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/4541
LA spa
NO Galeano, F., Sanabria, G., Sanabria, M., Kawabata, A., Aguilar, G., Estigarribia, G., Vuyk, I., Muñoz, S., & Pizarro, F. (2021). Prevalencia de anemia en niños de 1 a 4 años de edad en Asunción y Central, Paraguay 2017. Pediatría (Asunción), 48(2), 120-126. https://doi.org/10.31698/ped.48022021006
NO Correspondencia: Marta Cristina Sanabria. Correo: marta.sanabria@gmail.com
NO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
DS MINDS@UW
RD 04-sep-2026