作者
Noelia Morocho-Alburqueque, Alvaro Quincho-Lopez, John M Nesemann, Jorge L Cañari-Casaño, Oliver A Elorreaga, Marleny Muñoz, Sandra Talero, Emma M Harding-Esch, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Harvy A Honorio-Morales, Salomón Durand, Cristiam A Carey-Angeles, Jeffrey D Klausner, Jeremy D Keenan, Andres G Lescano
发表日期
2023/8
期刊
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
卷号
117
期号
8
页码范围
598-605
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Anaemia is a public health problem in Peru. In the Loreto region of the Amazon, ≥50% of children may be anaemic, although insufficient information exists for rural villages.
Methods
To generate more data about childhood anaemia in the Peruvian Amazon, haemoglobin was measured as part of a trachoma survey in 21 randomly selected villages. All children 1–9 y of age from 30 randomly selected households per village were recruited. Anaemia was classified according to the World Health Organization guidelines and a socio-economic status (SES) index was created for each household using principal component analysis. Spatial autocorrelation was determined using Moran's I and Ripley's K function.
Results
Of 678 children with complete haemoglobin data, 25.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] 21.2 to 30.1) had mild-or-worse anaemia and …
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