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Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVE: The study sought to assess the prevalence and the risk factors associated with anemia among male and female young adults in (Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud University and Alfaisal University in September 2016 among young adults aged...

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Autores principales: AlAyoubi, Fakhr, Rashrash, Mohamed, Elsharawy, Yasmin, Alayoubi, Samha, Alayoubi, Wed A., Alnumair, Nouf, Owaidah, Tarek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8051902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007594
http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v10i4.2288
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author AlAyoubi, Fakhr
Rashrash, Mohamed
Elsharawy, Yasmin
Alayoubi, Samha
Alayoubi, Wed A.
Alnumair, Nouf
Owaidah, Tarek
author_facet AlAyoubi, Fakhr
Rashrash, Mohamed
Elsharawy, Yasmin
Alayoubi, Samha
Alayoubi, Wed A.
Alnumair, Nouf
Owaidah, Tarek
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description OBJECTIVE: The study sought to assess the prevalence and the risk factors associated with anemia among male and female young adults in (Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud University and Alfaisal University in September 2016 among young adults aged 18 to 28 years old. Data were collected using an interview questionnaire. Additionally, the respondents were evaluated clinically and via laboratory testing for anemia. RESULTS: Our study population showed a higher percentage of men as compared to women participants. About half of our study sample had a lightly active lifestyle, and more than one-third of the study participants were overweight (34.7%). The average age of the respondents was 22.08 ± 1.98 years. The only factor significantly associated with anemia was gender, in that female gender showed a positive association with anemia. CONCLUSION: The most explicit risk factor for anemia among Saudi individuals of college and young professional ages was the female gender. Dietary lifestyle, heavy menstruation, pregnancy, and intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were additional important risk factors among these individuals, but they were statistically not significant.
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spelling pubmed-80519022021-05-17 Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia AlAyoubi, Fakhr Rashrash, Mohamed Elsharawy, Yasmin Alayoubi, Samha Alayoubi, Wed A. Alnumair, Nouf Owaidah, Tarek Innov Pharm Original Research OBJECTIVE: The study sought to assess the prevalence and the risk factors associated with anemia among male and female young adults in (Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud University and Alfaisal University in September 2016 among young adults aged 18 to 28 years old. Data were collected using an interview questionnaire. Additionally, the respondents were evaluated clinically and via laboratory testing for anemia. RESULTS: Our study population showed a higher percentage of men as compared to women participants. About half of our study sample had a lightly active lifestyle, and more than one-third of the study participants were overweight (34.7%). The average age of the respondents was 22.08 ± 1.98 years. The only factor significantly associated with anemia was gender, in that female gender showed a positive association with anemia. CONCLUSION: The most explicit risk factor for anemia among Saudi individuals of college and young professional ages was the female gender. Dietary lifestyle, heavy menstruation, pregnancy, and intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were additional important risk factors among these individuals, but they were statistically not significant. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8051902/ /pubmed/34007594 http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v10i4.2288 Text en © Individual authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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AlAyoubi, Fakhr
Rashrash, Mohamed
Elsharawy, Yasmin
Alayoubi, Samha
Alayoubi, Wed A.
Alnumair, Nouf
Owaidah, Tarek
Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_short Anemia and Dietary Behaviors among Young Adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_sort anemia and dietary behaviors among young adults in riyadh, saudi arabia
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8051902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007594
http://dx.doi.org/10.24926/iip.v10i4.2288
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