A comparative study on iron deficiency anemia based on feeding patterns of nine-month-old infants / 소아과
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
; : 820-826, 2008.
Article
ي Ko
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-204320
المكتبة المسؤولة:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the red cell indices and frequency of iron deficiency anemia based on the feeding patterns of nine-month-old infants. METHODS: Blood tests were performed on 253 nine-month-old infants, who visited Il Sin Christian Hospital for health checkups from January to December 2007. Their parents answered telephonic questions regarding their feeding patterns and weaning foods. RESULTS: Three infants groups were created according to feeding patterns before they started weaning foods. One group was exclusively breast-fed (48.6%), another had mixed feeding (27.3%), and the third had artificial milk feeding (24.1%). Red cell indices (hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, MCH) of the breast-fed group were comparatively lower than those of the other two groups (P<0.05). Twenty-five infants (9.9%) were diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia. According to feeding patterns, the frequency of anemia was highest in the breast-fed group. Six infants who started weaning foods before six months of age (113 infants) were diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia (5.3%), and nineteen who started after six months of age (140 infants) were diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia (13.6%). CONCLUSION: When nine-month old infants visit hospitals for health check-ups, pediatricians must consider their feeding pattern and weaning foods histories, and then recommend screening blood tests for iron-deficiency anemia.
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النص الكامل:
1
الفهرس:
WPRIM
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Parents
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Weaning
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Mass Screening
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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
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Milk
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Erythrocyte Indices
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Feeding Behavior
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Hematocrit
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Hematologic Tests
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Anemia
نوع الدراسة:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
المحددات:
Humans
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Infant
اللغة:
Ko
مجلة:
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
السنة:
2008
نوع:
Article