COMPARISON OF FREQUENCY OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFANTS ON EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEED, FORTIFIED MILK AND COW'S MILK

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in infants on exclusive breast feed, fortified milk and cow milk feeding regime. Study Design: Observational cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Out Patient Department of Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpind...

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Published in:Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2021-02, Vol.71 (1), p.201-05
Main Authors: Abdul Wahab Siddique, Basheer, Faisal, Ashraf, Tanveer, Sidrah Naseem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anemia
Birth weight
Blood
Breast feeding
breastfeeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
cow milk
feeding practices
Females
Gender
Hemoglobin
Infants
Iron
iron deficiency
Iron deficiency anemia
Males
Milk
Preschool children
Variance analysis
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in infants on exclusive breast feed, fortified milk and cow milk feeding regime. Study Design: Observational cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Out Patient Department of Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Mar to Dec 2017. Methodology: One hundred and fifty infants, fifty from each feeding regime were included in the study as per the inclusion criteria. Blood samples of infants were drawn after consent from parents for measurement of serum ferritin and blood counts. Results: One hundred and fifty infants were included in the study with 89 male and 61 females with mean age of 7.77 months. One hundred and thirteen infants were found to anemic (75.3%) and iron deficiency was present in 6.7% of the cases. Mean Hb was 9.49 g/dl, mean MCV 66.15 fl and mean ferritin level was 25.81 ng/ml. There was a strong association between type of feeding regime and frequency of anemia among infants (p
ISSN:0030-9648
2411-8842