Teresa M. Kemmer|Maria E. Bovill|Wantanee Kongsomboon|Steven Hansch|Karen Geisler|Carrie L. Cheney|Bettina K. Shell-Duncan|Adam Drewnowski
Iron Deficiency Is Unacceptably High in Refugee Children from Burma
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research|Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences|US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine|United States Army|Thai Red Cross Society|World Health Organization|Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences|Walter Reed Army Institute of Research|University of Washington|University of Washington|University of Washington
irondeficiency anemia ida refugees reported among major medical problems worldwide food rations typically inadequate iron longterm reliance key predictor anemia among displaced people comprehensive nutritional assessments refugee children burma previously completed refugee children aged 659 mo studied determine 1 prevalences anemia iron deficiency id ida 2 factors associated anemia id cluster sampling three camps convenience sampling two additional camps used hemoglobin hb levels measured micro mol zinc protoporphyrinmol heme determined 975 children logistic regression analyses 95 ci determined predictors anemia id prevalences ida anemia id refugee children 649 720 854 respectively predictors anemia included young age p 0001 food ration lasting 1 mo p 0001 daily consumption dietary iron inhibitors p 005 weightforheight zscore 2 p 005 male gender p 005 uneducated father p 0001 predictors id young age p 0001 recently reported illness p 005 laboratory tests confirmed anemia id major health problems among refugee children id leading cause anemia comprehensive nutrition public healthfocused approach combating anemia id essential following presentation results policy makers improvement micronutrient content rations initiated