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2
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2008-8-8
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The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations among children aged 6-59 months in Timor-Leste. The 2003 Demographic and Health Survey was a multi-stage cluster survey of 4,320 households from four different geographic regions in Timor-Leste. In total, 4,514 children aged 6-59 months were included in the analysis. The prevalence of anaemia (Hb concentration <11.0g/dL) was 38.2% (638/1,668) for children aged 6-23 months and 22.6% (644/2,846) for older children (p<0.001). Girls had a higher mean Hb concentration than boys (11.9g/dL vs 11.7g/ dL, p<0.006) and children who had diarrhoea in the previous two weeks had a lower Hb concentration than children without diarrhoea (11.5g/dL vs 11.9g/dL, p<0.001). Children from the richest and middle-class households had a lower average Hb concentration than those from the poorest households (11.8g/ dL, 11.7g/dL vs 12.0g/dL, p<0.001). Children of mothers with some secondary or more education had a lower mean Hb concentration than children of mothers with completed primary, some primary and no education (11.7 g/dL vs 11.9 g/dL, 11.8 g/dL, and 11.9 g/dL, p=0.002). Children from severely-anaemic mothers had a lower mean Hb concentration than children from moderately-, mild and not anaemic mothers (10.5 g/dL vs 11.1 g/dL, 11.6 g/dL, 12.0 g/dL, p<0.001). After backward stepwise hierarchical multiple regression, wasting, male sex, recent diarrhoea, household wealth index (richest and middle-class), maternal educational status (some secondary or more and some primary), and maternal anaemic status were significantly associated with a lower Hb concentration in children and increased age of child and duration of breastfeeding (6 months) with a higher Hb concentration. Anaemia-prevention programmes among children in Timor-Leste should focus on those children aged less than two years, children with recent diarrhoea, wasted children, high socioeconomic status, and anaemic mothers.
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eng
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IM
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MEDLINE
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Jun
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1606-0997
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Print
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| pubmed:volume |
26
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
200-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-10-19
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Anemia, Iron-Deficiency,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Child Nutrition Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Cluster Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Diarrhea,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Educational Status,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Hemoglobins,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Indonesia,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Nutritional Status,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Sex Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:18686553-Socioeconomic Factors
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2008
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Factors associated with haemoglobin concentration among Timor-Leste children aged 6-59 months.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. k.agho@uws.edu.au
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Journal Article
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