Definition and prevalence of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at high altitudes: the effect of iron-folate supplementation

This paper discusses the effect that high altitudes have on iron metabolism and summarizes the results of an iron-folate supplementation trial. The two main objectives of the trial were to determine hemoglobin cut-off values for the diagnosis of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at...

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Published in:Nutrition reviews 1997-06, Vol.55 (6), p.247-256
Main Authors: Berger, J, Aguayo, V.M, San Miguel, J.L, Lujan, C, Tellez, W, Traissac, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACIDE FOLIQUE
ACIDO FOLICO
Adolescent
Adult
AETIOLOGY
Aging - blood
ALTITUD
ALTITUDE
ANAEMIA
ANEMIA
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - diagnosis
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - drug therapy
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - epidemiology
ANEMIE
Anthropometry
Biological and medical sciences
Bolivia - epidemiology
CARENCE EN OLIGOELEMENT
COMPLEMENT ALIMENTAIRE
DEFICIENCIA DE OLIGOELEMENTOS
Dietary supplements
DISEASE PREVALENCE
ESTADO NUTRICIONAL
ETAT NUTRITIONNEL
ETIOLOGIA
ETIOLOGIE
Female
FEMME
FER
FOLIC ACID
Folic Acid - administration & dosage
Folic Acid - blood
Folic Acid - therapeutic use
Food, Fortified
Hemoglobins - analysis
HIERRO
HUMAN NUTRITION
Humans
IRON
Iron - administration & dosage
Iron - blood
Iron - therapeutic use
Linear Models
LITERATURE REVIEWS
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Metabolism
MINERAL NUTRIENTS
MUJERES
NUTRICION HUMANA
NUTRIENTES MINERALES
NUTRITION HUMAINE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Prevalence
Public Health
SUBSTANCE NUTRITIVE MINERALE
SUPLEMENTOS
SUPPLEMENTS
TRACE ELEMENT DEFICIENCIES
WOMEN
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Summary:This paper discusses the effect that high altitudes have on iron metabolism and summarizes the results of an iron-folate supplementation trial. The two main objectives of the trial were to determine hemoglobin cut-off values for the diagnosis of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at high altitudes, and to estimate the prevalence of anemia in this population. The study showed that nutritional anemia is an important public health problem in such populations and that many methods of assessing it lead to an underestimation of prevalence. The cut-off values defined through this study, one of the few iron supplementation trials conducted at high altitudes, confirm the need to establish revised hemoglobin values for the diagnosis of anemia in populations living at high altitudes
ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01612.x