Siriwan Suebnukarn, Piyawadee Chanakarn, Sirada Phisutphatthana, Kanchala Pongpatarat, Udom Wongwaithongdee, Chanekrid Oupadissakoon
Understanding information synthesis in oral surgery for the design of systems for clinical information technology
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
iron deficiency anemia ida common nutritional deficiency primarily developing countries study evaluates effect ida language development preschool children study multicenter comparative crosssectional study included 226 children ages 46 years children classified two groups anemic patients non anemic controls according hemoglobin level anemic children subjected complete iron study including serum iron total iron binding capacity tibc serum ferritin level confirm diagnosis iron deficiency anemia cognitive assessment done using arabic translation stanford binet intelligence scale version four comprised four cognitive area scores visual reasoning verbal reasoning quantitative reasoning shortterm memory measurement iq mental age calculated child language evaluation done using arabic language test receptive language quotient expressive language quotient total language quotient calculated child 122 children anemic 90 nonanemic hemoglobin level 1065 1196 gdl respectively p 0000 anemic children significantly lower serum ferritin p 00001 serum iron p 00001 compared controls groups matched regards age sex socioeconomic levels parental educational level significant differences observed regarding iq mental age receptive expressive total language quotients anemic nonanemic children ida seem effect language development preschool egyptian children future large controlled studies long followup time younger age group needed determine whether existent associations ida language development