Anemia and Iron Status in Inuit Infants from Northern Quebec
The iron status and diet of Inuit infants living in northern Quebec who were part of a prospective cohort study was described. The prevalence of anemia (hemoglobin values >2SD below the reference mean) was 21.1% (23/109), 47.4% (55/116) and 37.7% (46/122) at 2, 6 and 12 months, respectively. The...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6979623 2023-05-15T16:54:50+02:00 Anemia and Iron Status in Inuit Infants from Northern Quebec Willows, Noreen D. Dewailly, Éric Gray-Donald, Katherine 2000-11-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6979623/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11200728 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404818 en eng Springer International Publishing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6979623/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11200728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03404818 © The Canadian Public Health Association 2000 Article Text 2000 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404818 2020-02-09T01:25:12Z The iron status and diet of Inuit infants living in northern Quebec who were part of a prospective cohort study was described. The prevalence of anemia (hemoglobin values >2SD below the reference mean) was 21.1% (23/109), 47.4% (55/116) and 37.7% (46/122) at 2, 6 and 12 months, respectively. The corresponding prevalence of microcytic anemia was 0.0%, 4.3% and 21.3%. At 2, 6 and 12 months, iron-deficiency anemia (serum ferritin < 10 μg/L coupled with anemia) was present in 1.3% (1/79), 24.4% (21/86) and 26.3% (25/95) of infants, respectively. Compared with breastfeeding, the odds ratio for iron deficiency (serum ferritin < 10 μg/L) for bottle-feeding with cows’ milk or low iron formula was 3.02 (95% CI 1.25–7.27) at 6 months and 3.05 (95% CI 1.28–7.28) at 12 months. This study shows iron-deficiency anemia to be a problem in Inuit infants as young as 6 months old. Breastfed infants were better protected against iron deficiency than infants fed cow’s milk or low-iron formula. Text inuit PubMed Central (PMC) Canadian Journal of Public Health 91 6 407 410 |
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The iron status and diet of Inuit infants living in northern Quebec who were part of a prospective cohort study was described. The prevalence of anemia (hemoglobin values >2SD below the reference mean) was 21.1% (23/109), 47.4% (55/116) and 37.7% (46/122) at 2, 6 and 12 months, respectively. The corresponding prevalence of microcytic anemia was 0.0%, 4.3% and 21.3%. At 2, 6 and 12 months, iron-deficiency anemia (serum ferritin < 10 μg/L coupled with anemia) was present in 1.3% (1/79), 24.4% (21/86) and 26.3% (25/95) of infants, respectively. Compared with breastfeeding, the odds ratio for iron deficiency (serum ferritin < 10 μg/L) for bottle-feeding with cows’ milk or low iron formula was 3.02 (95% CI 1.25–7.27) at 6 months and 3.05 (95% CI 1.28–7.28) at 12 months. This study shows iron-deficiency anemia to be a problem in Inuit infants as young as 6 months old. Breastfed infants were better protected against iron deficiency than infants fed cow’s milk or low-iron formula. |
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Anemia and Iron Status in Inuit Infants from Northern Quebec |
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Anemia and Iron Status in Inuit Infants from Northern Quebec |
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Anemia and Iron Status in Inuit Infants from Northern Quebec |
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