Prevalence of anemia in children 1 to 12 years of age. Results from a nationwide probabilistic survey in Mexico
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2003
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Salud Pública de México
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Salvador Villalpando et al., « Prevalence of anemia in children 1 to 12 years of age. Results from a nationwide probabilistic survey in Mexico », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.584pjc
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"Objective. To describe the epidemiology and analyze factorsassociated with iron deficiency anemia in a probabilisticsample of the Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición 1999 (ENN-99) [National Nutritional Survey 1999 (NNS-99)]. Materialand Methods. The sample included 8 111 children aged1 to 12 years, and was nationaly representative by rural andurban strata and by four geographical regions. Capillary hemoglobinwas measured using a portable photometer (HemoCue).The analysis of the determining factors of anemiawas performed by odds ratios derived from a logistic regressionmodel and multiple regression models. Results.The prevalence of anemia was 50% in infants