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Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia
Rapid physical growth and the onset of menstruation during adolescence can increase the risk of iron deficiency (ID) and related adverse effects. However, little is known about the risk of anemia and ID among adolescent girls in Ethiopia. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of ID, low ir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53836-5 |
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author | Seyoum, Yohannes Humblot, Christèle Nicolas, Gaël Thomas, Muriel Baye, Kaleab |
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description | Rapid physical growth and the onset of menstruation during adolescence can increase the risk of iron deficiency (ID) and related adverse effects. However, little is known about the risk of anemia and ID among adolescent girls in Ethiopia. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of ID, low iron stores, and anemia and characterize selected risk factors in Huruta, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among non-pregnant adolescent girls (15–19 years of age; n = 257). Data on household socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and women’s dietary diversity score (WDDS) were collected. Hemoglobin (Hb) and serum ferritin (SF), C-reactive protein (CRP), and α−1-acid-glycoprotein (AGP) concentrations were measured. Diets were predominantly plant-based, with a low consumption of animal source foods, fruits, and dark-green leafy vegetables. Only 4% of the adolescent girls had adequate dietary diversity (WDDS ≥5), and 35% were underweight. The prevalence of anemia (Hb <11 g/dL, 8.7%) and clinical ID (SF <15 µg/L, 8.7%) was low, but 41% had marginal iron stores (SF <50 µg/L). The low prevalence of ID, despite a predominantly plant-based diet is atypical and calls for adapted strategies to address low iron stores in this and other similar settings of Ethiopia. |
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spelling | pubmed-68728712019-12-04 Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia Seyoum, Yohannes Humblot, Christèle Nicolas, Gaël Thomas, Muriel Baye, Kaleab Sci Rep Article Rapid physical growth and the onset of menstruation during adolescence can increase the risk of iron deficiency (ID) and related adverse effects. However, little is known about the risk of anemia and ID among adolescent girls in Ethiopia. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of ID, low iron stores, and anemia and characterize selected risk factors in Huruta, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among non-pregnant adolescent girls (15–19 years of age; n = 257). Data on household socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and women’s dietary diversity score (WDDS) were collected. Hemoglobin (Hb) and serum ferritin (SF), C-reactive protein (CRP), and α−1-acid-glycoprotein (AGP) concentrations were measured. Diets were predominantly plant-based, with a low consumption of animal source foods, fruits, and dark-green leafy vegetables. Only 4% of the adolescent girls had adequate dietary diversity (WDDS ≥5), and 35% were underweight. The prevalence of anemia (Hb <11 g/dL, 8.7%) and clinical ID (SF <15 µg/L, 8.7%) was low, but 41% had marginal iron stores (SF <50 µg/L). The low prevalence of ID, despite a predominantly plant-based diet is atypical and calls for adapted strategies to address low iron stores in this and other similar settings of Ethiopia. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6872871/ /pubmed/31754277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53836-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Seyoum, Yohannes Humblot, Christèle Nicolas, Gaël Thomas, Muriel Baye, Kaleab Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title | Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title_full | Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title_short | Iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural Ethiopia |
title_sort | iron deficiency and anemia in adolescent girls consuming predominantly plant-based diets in rural ethiopia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53836-5 |
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