Asli Kalkim, Emine Karaman, Oğuzhan Birdal, Pinar Tosun Taşar
Validity and reliability of the heart failure-specific health literacy scale in Turkish
Scientific reports
children immigrant families may risk iron deficiency id due differences premigration postmigration exposures objectives determine whether association family immigrant status iron stores evaluate whether known dietary environmental biological determinants low iron status influence relationship crosssectional study healthy urban preschool children 1272 months recruited seven primary care practices toronto laboratory assessment serum ferritin haemoglobin standardised parentcompleted surveys completed 2008 2013 routine health maintenance visits multiple regression analyses used evaluate association family immigrant status serum ferritin id ferritin 14 gl iron deficiency anaemia ida ferritin 14 gl haemoglobin 110 gl 2614 children included analysis 476 immigrant family status median serum ferritin 30 gl 104 children id 19 ida adjusting maternal ethnicity education age sex income quintile cows milk intake breastfeeding duration bottle use significant associations immigrant status ferritin id ida significant predictors low iron status included age sex cows milk intake breastfeeding duration found association family immigrant status iron status including clinically important covariates models data suggest immigrant children may need enhanced screening iron status targeted interventions iron supplementation