PMID: 16619873Apr 20, 2006Paper

Iron deficiency anemia among Mexican women on reproductive age. History of an unresolved problem

Salud pública de México
Esther CasanuevaMaría Fernanda Flores-Campuzano

Abstract

To describe the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in the past 66 years among Mexican women on reproductive age, and to analyze the efficacy of interventions implemented for its prevention and control. Observational and clinical epidemiological studies as well as federal intervention programs published between 1939 and 2005 having original data related to anemia were reviewed using electronic databases (Medline and Artemisa) and manual searches. Keywords were anemia, iron deficiency, women, and Mexico. The quality of clinical trials was evaluated using the Jadad scale. Anemia prevalence tendency was analyzed using a linear regression weighted according to the sample size. Forty-six research studies were included, nine corresponded to clinical trials and four to federal-operative programs. Seventeen papers reported anemia prevalence in non-pregnant women and twenty-three in pregnant women. In the first group, weighted anemia prevalence had decreased from 39.6 to 15.5%, whereas in pregnant women it decreased from 35 to 25%. Of the clinical trials, 55% were considered to be good quality studies. Anemia in women on reproductive age, particularly in pregnant women, is still a public health problem in Mexico. If the current conditi...Continue Reading

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Oct 22, 2013·Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology·Claudia Regina Marchiori Antunes AraújoSophia Cornblutz Szarfarc
Mar 27, 2019·Nutrients·María Eugenia Flores-QuijanoJuan O Talavera

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