PMID- 35182116
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220222
LR  - 20220222
IS  - 0043-5147 (Print)
IS  - 0043-5147 (Linking)
VI  - 75
IP  - 1 pt 2
DP  - 2022
TI  - FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANEMIA IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN IRAQI FEMALES 
      SAMPLE.
PG  - 164-171
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study: to determine the different causes of anemia 
      among anemic women of reproductive age and to define associations between 
      severity of anemia with different patient characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 
      Materials and methods: This is a community based cross-sectional study that was 
      conducted between October and December 2020 among a sample of anemic women at 
      reproductive age between (14-49 years), who attended the private clinic in 
      Baghdad city. The sample consisted of 120 participants (100 non-pregnant women 
      and 20 pregnant women). Socio-demographic characteristic data were collected 
      including occupation, socioeconomic status, marital status, family history of 
      anemia, history of Pica, and number of pregnancies. Questions related to the 
      causes of anemia: Dietary habits, menstrual cycle duration and profusion, current 
      pregnancy, Gastrointestinal blood loss (any form), any chronic illness (like 
      connective tissue disease , inflammatory bowel diseases, hypothyroidism ,chronic 
      infection) and auto-immune hemolytic disease. Baseline hematological parameter 
      were included, hemoglobin level, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCV), mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red cell distribution width (RDW), 
      Serum ferritin and ESR. RESULTS: Results: A total of 120 women, the mean 
      hemoglobin level was 9.43 g/dL. Iron deficiency anemia was the commonest type of 
      anemia in 67.20% followed by inherited hemolytic anemia in 20%; auto-immune 
      hemolytic anemia found in 5.6%, while megaloblastic anemia and anemia of chronic 
      diseases forming 5.6% and 4% respectively. There is a significant association 
      between severity of iron deficiency anemia and different age groups in addition 
      to the amount of weekly consumption of red meat. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Iron 
      deficiency anemia is the most common form of anemia found in this sample followed 
      by inherited cause of anemia. Many individual and socioeconomic factors were 
      associated with the development of anemia in women of reproductive age. Giving 
      special attention and important diagnosis of anemia for those groups of women 
      especially during reproductive age who had a higher prevalence of anemia.
FAU - Hamodi, Luma Essa
AU  - Hamodi LE
AD  - AL-TURATH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,BAGHDAD,IRAQ.
FAU - Naji, Alaadin Sahham
AU  - Naji AS
AD  - BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
FAU - Ismael, Sajidah Hussein
AU  - Ismael SH
AD  - AL-TURATH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,BAGHDAD,IRAQ.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Poland
TA  - Wiad Lek
JT  - Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
JID - 9705467
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Anemia/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - *Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/etiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - anemia
OT  - hemoglobin level
OT  - women reproductive age
EDAT- 2022/02/20 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/23 06:00
CRDT- 2022/02/19 12:06
PHST- 2022/02/19 12:06 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/23 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Wiad Lek. 2022;75(1 pt 2):164-171.