PMID- 29923516
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181211
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0971-5916 (Print)
IS  - 0971-5916 (Linking)
VI  - 147
IP  - 3
DP  - 2018 Mar
TI  - Time trends in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy.
PG  - 268-277
LID - 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1730_16 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: : The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy in India is 
      among the highest in the world. In the last two decades, several national surveys 
      have estimated haemoglobin levels in pregnant women. In this study, data from 
      these surveys were analyzed to find out changes, if any, in prevalence of anaemia 
      in pregnancy. METHODS: : National and State-level estimates on the prevalence of 
      anaemia were tabulated from the reports of the National Family Health Survey 
      (NFHS) 2, NFHS 3, Fact Sheets of NFHS 4 and District Level Household Survey 
      (DLHS) 2. Unit level data from DLHS 4 and Annual Health Survey Clinical 
      Anthropometric and Biochemical component (AHS CAB) were obtained and State level 
      prevalence of different grades of anaemia was estimated. Time trends in the 
      prevalence of anaemia and different grades of anaemia were assessed from these 
      surveys. RESULTS: : NFHS 2, 3 and 4 reported relatively lower prevalence of 
      anaemia as compared to DLHS and AHS CAB. There was not much change in the 
      prevalence or severity of anaemia between NFHS 2, 3 and 4. There was substantial 
      reduction in the prevalence and severity of anaemia in all States except 
      Uttarakhand between DLHS 2 and 4 and DLHS 2 and AHS CAB. INTERPRETATION & 
      CONCLUSIONS: : There was a reduction in the prevalence and severity of anaemia in 
      the last 15 years. The two-pronged strategy of increasing iron intake (dietary 
      diversification and use of iron-fortified iodized salt) in all the population and 
      testing, and detecting and treating pregnant women with anaemia will accelerate 
      the pace of reduction in anaemia.
FAU - Kalaivani, K
AU  - Kalaivani K
AD  - Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
FAU - Ramachandran, Prema
AU  - Ramachandran P
AD  - Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Med Res
JT  - The Indian journal of medical research
JID - 0374701
RN  - 0 (Hemoglobins)
SB  - IM
CIN - Indian J Med Res. 2018 Sep;148(3):345-346. PMID: 30425227
CIN - Indian J Med Res. 2018 Sep;148(3):346-347. PMID: 30425228
MH  - Anemia
MH  - Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/*epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Hemoglobins
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sikkim
PMC - PMC6022385
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anaemia
OT  - grades of anaemia
OT  - pregnancy
OT  - prevalence
OT  - time trends
COIS- None
EDAT- 2018/06/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00
PMCR- 2018/03/01
CRDT- 2018/06/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/06/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/06/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IndianJMedRes_2018_147_3_268_234603 [pii]
AID - IJMR-147-268 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1730_16 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Med Res. 2018 Mar;147(3):268-277. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1730_16.