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Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2019, Pages 128 - 134

Prevalence and Determinants of Anemia among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Haryana, India

Authors
Shashi Kant, Rakesh Kumar*, Sumit Malhotra, Ravneet Kaur, Partha Haldar
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
*Corresponding author. Email: dr.rakesh3105@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Rakesh Kumar
Received 29 January 2019, Accepted 12 May 2019, Available Online 11 June 2019.
DOI
10.2991/jegh.k.190513.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Anemia; prevalence; adult; male; India
Abstract

Anemia is an under-recognized morbidity among adult males causing significant productivity loss. A study was done among adult males (≥18 years) in a rural area of Haryana, India to estimate the prevalence and determinants of anemia and to explore their attitude and beliefs about anemia. Mixed methods approach was adopted. A total of 1219 participants were selected by multi-stage simple random sampling for the cross-sectional study and were administered a questionnaire followed by hemoglobin measurement using HemoCue method. Six focus group discussions were conducted. Age adjusted prevalence of anemia was 27.9% [95% confidence interval (95% CI): 27.4–28.4%]. Anemia was found to be positively associated with age more than 50 years (OR: 2.7 (95% CI: 1.7–4.2) in age group 50–59 years and 3.6 (95% CI: 2.3–5.6) in age group ≥60 years as compared with age group 18–24 years) and presence of chronic co-morbidity (OR: 2.0; 95% CI: 1.2–3.2). There were misconceptions among study participants about the role of specific dietary factors in causation of anemia. Poor purchasing capacity was cited as main reason for not consuming iron rich diet. Anemia was a common morbidity in this study population.

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
9 - 2
Pages
128 - 134
Publication Date
2019/06/11
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
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2210-6006
DOI
10.2991/jegh.k.190513.001How to use a DOI?
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© 2019 Atlantis Press International B.V.
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