Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of anemia among First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. DESIGN: Retrospective review of all hemoglobin determinations between 1990 and 1992 in the Sioux Lookout Zone. SETTING: The Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital, a secondary care referral hospital for 28 rem...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2255483 2023-05-15T16:14:54+02:00 Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. Whalen, E. A. Caulfield, L. E. Harris, S. B. 1997-04 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2255483 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9111982 en eng College of Family Physicians of Canada http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2255483 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9111982 Research Article Text 1997 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T15:52:47Z OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of anemia among First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. DESIGN: Retrospective review of all hemoglobin determinations between 1990 and 1992 in the Sioux Lookout Zone. SETTING: The Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital, a secondary care referral hospital for 28 remote First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, affiliated with the University of Toronto's Sioux Lookout Program. PARTICIPANTS: All First Nations children age 3 to 60 months who had produced venipuncture or fingerprick blood samples between 1990 and 1992 (614 children had a total of 1223 hemoglobin determinations). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of anemia by age, sex, geographical location, and diagnosis. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin value less than 110g/L. RESULTS: Prevalence of anemia peaked in the age range of 6 to 24 months with prevalence rates of 51.7% to 79.3%. Conditions most commonly associated with anemia were respiratory tract infections. Children living in communities in the western part of the Sioux Lookout Zone were 1.64 times more likely to have anemia (95% confidence interval 1.15, 2.35) than children in the other communities. CONCLUSIONS: Anemia appears to be a serious public health problem among preschool children in the Sioux Lookout Zone. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Lookout ENVELOPE(77.955,77.955,-68.605,-68.605) |
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of anemia among First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. DESIGN: Retrospective review of all hemoglobin determinations between 1990 and 1992 in the Sioux Lookout Zone. SETTING: The Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital, a secondary care referral hospital for 28 remote First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, affiliated with the University of Toronto's Sioux Lookout Program. PARTICIPANTS: All First Nations children age 3 to 60 months who had produced venipuncture or fingerprick blood samples between 1990 and 1992 (614 children had a total of 1223 hemoglobin determinations). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of anemia by age, sex, geographical location, and diagnosis. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin value less than 110g/L. RESULTS: Prevalence of anemia peaked in the age range of 6 to 24 months with prevalence rates of 51.7% to 79.3%. Conditions most commonly associated with anemia were respiratory tract infections. Children living in communities in the western part of the Sioux Lookout Zone were 1.64 times more likely to have anemia (95% confidence interval 1.15, 2.35) than children in the other communities. CONCLUSIONS: Anemia appears to be a serious public health problem among preschool children in the Sioux Lookout Zone. |
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Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. |
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Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. |
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Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. |
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Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. |
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Prevalence of anemia in First Nations children of northwestern Ontario. |
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prevalence of anemia in first nations children of northwestern ontario. |
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College of Family Physicians of Canada |
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