OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of anemia in children attending daycare centers in the city of Belo Horizonte. METHODS Cross-sectional study that evaluated 312 children aged 7 to 59 months attending daycare centers of the East Sanitary District of Belo Horizonte. The diagnosis of anemia was determined by finger stick blood samples, using the HemocueTM portable photometer...

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and clinical characteristics of anemia and to define the risk factors for anemia in older Koreans in Asan. From January to February 2002, five hundred sixty two community-dwelling older adults aged over 60 years were selected from a cross sectional study. All subjects underwent laboratory tests, which included a complete blood cell count,...

objective: diabetes mellitus (dm) is a global health problem with significant impact on health and quality of life. there is no national statistics about this disease in afghanistan. the aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of dm and associated factors in adults lived in jalalabad city, afghanistan. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in jalalabad city in may...

conclusions although hdv had low prevalence in our area, it is vital to plan preventive strategies for hdv spread as well as hbv prevention. it is particularly important to suspect hdv infection in active hbv carriers to manage a particularly severe dual infection. hdv infection should be suspected even in negative hbsag patients having “isolated anti-hbc” profile. results prevalence of hdv was...

Anemia is the commonest problem in pregnancy in developing countries. Hence, the present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of anemia and to find out the correlation between hemoglobin concentration and other variables like age, severity of anemia, trimesters in pregnancy, etc. in Nepalese pregnant women of Biratnagar, Morang District. Hemoglobin (Hb) levels were used to estimate the...

BACKGROUND Anemia in school-age children is an important public health problem and available data of its prevalence and existing risk factors are essential for planning preventive strategies. The purpose of the current study was to assess the prevalence of and the risk factors associated with anemia among the school-age children 7-14 years years old in Serbia. METHODS In the 2000 National Hea...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in cervical insufficiency risk. METHODS We used the US 2005 Natality data file. Analysis was limited to singleton births. The prevalence of cervical insufficiency was examined by the maternal characteristic for each racial group. Unconditional logistic regression modeling was used to assess the association between ra...