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Volume 7 Issue 7 (July, 2019)

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Assessment of prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among known population
Chetan Sharma, Rohit Dhandoria

Background: Iron is a trace element that is required for numerous cellular metabolic functions. The present study was undertaken to assess prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among known population. Materials & Methods: 200 patients reporting to the department for routine medical check-up. Complete demographic details of all the subjects were obtained. Blood samples were obtained from all the subjects were sent for assessment of hematological profile. In males, mean haemoglobin concentration of less than 13 g/dL and among females, mean haemoglobin levels of less than 12 g/dL was taken as criteria for defining anaemia. All the records were noted in Microsoft excel  sheet and were subjected to analysis by SPSS software. Results: Iron deficiency anemia was found to be present in 8 percent of the patient’s population in the present study .i.e. 16 patients were affected by this pathology. Among these iron deficiency anemia patients, 62.5 percent of the patients were females while the remaining 37.5 percent of the patients were males. Majority of the patients with iron deficiency anemia belonged to the age group of 40 to 50 years. Conclusion: Iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent nutritional deficiencies disorder worldwide. Hence; understanding the pathophysiology and diagnosis is important so that early treatment protocol could be planned.
Key words: Anemia, Iron deficiency, Prevalence.

Received: 13 March, 2019                                         Revised:  22 April 2019                             Accepted: 25 April 2019
                        
Corresponding author: Dr. Chetan Sharma, PG student, Department of Community Medicine , Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Jaipur, India
               
This article may be cited as: Sharma C, Dhandoria R. Assessment of prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among known population. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(7): 175-177.

 
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