Abstract
Objective: To assess pervasiveness of Iron deficiency anemia in teenage (10-16 years) female students.
Study Design: A descriptive cross sectional study.
Place and Duration: The female students from Government High Schools, belonged to Dolatpur town, District Shaheed Benazirabad
Sindh, Pakistan during period of 15t h December 2016 to 26t h March 2017.
Methodology: A Total 150 teenage female students were randomly chosen from different Government Schools. Data like sociodemographic, socioeconomic, education, social status, age, sex, and dietary intake lifestyle were gathered along with 150 blood
samples. The evaluation of Body Mass Index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb) and serum ferritin (SF) levels by using BMI standard formula
Hemo-Cue Hb 120+ analyzer and ELISA method respectively.
Results: The mean of Body Mass Index (BMI), Hemoglobin (Hb) and Serum ferritin levels were observed at 17.21±0.71, 10.93±0.91
and 36.86±23.11 respectively from all female students. Iron Deficiency Anemia was observed in 67.3% of students.
Conclusion: Nutritious deficiency is the common cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia in female students.
Niaz Hussain Jamali, Anwar Ali Jamali, Arslan Ahmer, Ameer Ali Jamali, Khuntalha Shah, Shams Uddin Shaikh, Hamid Ali Kazi. (2019) Iron deficiency anemia among the female students of Dolatpur town Sindh, Pakistan, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4.
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