PMID- 34291010
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210723
IS  - 1016-1430 (Print)
IS  - 2251-6840 (Electronic)
IS  - 1016-1430 (Linking)
VI  - 35
DP  - 2021
TI  - Prevalence of anemia and associated factors among the elderly population in South 
      Khorasan, Birjand, 2019.
PG  - 86
LID - 10.47176/mjiri.35.86 [doi]
AB  - Background: Anemia is a multifactorial and common public health problem in 
      geriatric age groups, especially in developing countries. Therefore, this study 
      was designed to study the prevalence of anemia and associated factors among the 
      elderly population in Birjand, Iran, in 2019. Methods: This was a cross-sectional 
      approach to the baseline data of the Birjand longitudinal aging study (BLAS) in 
      which 1396 people aged >/= 60 years were screened for the presence of anemia based 
      on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. For each participant, a standard 
      questionnaire was administered. Furthermore, the height, weight, and body mass 
      index (BMI) were calculated. Blood samples were obtained from each participant 
      for hematological examination. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and other indices of cell 
      blood count were measured using an automatic cell counter. The prevalence rates 
      were estimated using survey analysis with the weight of Birjand county older 
      population. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were 
      applied to detect the associated factor with anemia. Results: The mean age of the 
      participants was 69.73+/-7.66 years. The crude prevalence of anemia was 11.10%, and 
      the age-standardized prevalence based on the standard WHO population 2000-2025 
      was equal to 16.78% (12.81%-21.66%) (15.95% [10.41%-23.69%] in women and 17.32% 
      (12.65%-23.25%) in men. Mild and normocytic anemia were the predominant types. 
      The mean hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean cell volume (MCV), mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were lower 
      in women than in men and the mean platelet count in women was higher (p<0.001). 
      In the final multivariate logistic regression model, only age groups, BMI, fish 
      consumption, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were related to anemia. Conclusion: 
      In conclusion, our findings showed the association of anemia with some risk 
      factors and diseases. Anemia in geriatric age groups is often underdiagnosed; 
      hence, identification of subgroups at risk for anemia and its associated risk 
      factors in geriatric groups has a paramount importance in preventing adverse 
      outcomes.
CI  - (c) 2021 Iran University of Medical Sciences.
FAU - Afaghi, Hakimeh
AU  - Afaghi H
AD  - Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, 
      Iran.
FAU - Sharifi, Farshad
AU  - Sharifi F
AD  - Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences 
      Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Moodi, Mitra
AU  - Moodi M
AD  - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical 
      Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
FAU - AnaniSarab, Gholamreza
AU  - AnaniSarab G
AD  - Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Birjand University of Medical 
      Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
FAU - Kazemi, Tooba
AU  - Kazemi T
AD  - Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, 
      Birjand, Iran.
FAU - Miri-Moghaddam, Ebrahim
AU  - Miri-Moghaddam E
AD  - Department of Molecular Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, 
      Birjand, Iran.
FAU - Tahergorabi, Zoya
AU  - Tahergorabi Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9915-256X
AD  - Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center, Birjand University of Medical 
      Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210705
PL  - Iran
TA  - Med J Islam Repub Iran
JT  - Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
JID - 8910777
PMC - PMC8285552
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anemia
OT  - Population
OT  - Prevalence
OT  - South Khorasan
OT  - The Elderly
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared
EDAT- 2021/07/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/23 06:01
PMCR- 2021/07/05
CRDT- 2021/07/22 06:35
PHST- 2020/06/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/22 06:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/07/05 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.47176/mjiri.35.86 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2021 Jul 5;35:86. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.35.86. eCollection 
      2021.