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Anemia y deficiencia de hierro en mujeres en edad reproductiva usuarias del Hospital Regional de Villa Hayes, Paraguay

2015; Universidad Nacional de Asunción; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2015.013(02)26-038

1817-4620

Jessica Riveros, Gloria Echagüe, Santiago Evers, Laura Mendoza,

Indigenous Health and Education

Anemia is a public health problem all around the world.In Paraguay, there are limited data on the prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant women of reproductive age.This pilot descriptive cross-sectional study had as objective to determine the frequency of anemia and iron deficiency, nutritional status, dietary and toxic habits in 99 non-pregnant women of reproductive age of 18-48 years attending the Regional Hospital of Villa Hayes in October 2014.The anemia was established on the cutoff hemoglobin concentration of <12 g/dL.Iron deficiency was evaluated according to the transferrin saturation.Besides, the body mass index (BMI) and dietary habits were evaluated using a survey.The frequency of anemia was 15.1% (CI 95% 8.7-23.8%), of this 33.3%(CI 95% 12.8-61.6%)was iron-deficiency anemia.There was association between the cases of anemia and the decreased levels of hematocrit (<38%) and red blood cell count (<4.2 106 / uL).All women with iron deficiency anemia had a weight <64 kg and a BMI <24.5 kg /m 2 .In addi-Anemia y deficiencia de hierro en mujeres en edad reproductiva usuarias del Hospital Regional de Villa Hayes, Paraguay