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Prevalence and dietary predictors of iron deficiency anemia in women 1-year postpartum living in central Montreal

We estimated the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in women 1-year postpartum in central Montreal. Blood samples were obtained by venipuncture and questionnaires administered. Iron intake was assessed by a food frequency questionnaire. Mothers with at least two of the following laboratory values were considered to have IDA: serum ferritin (SF) < 12 mug/L, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) < 80 fL and hemoglobin (Hb) < 120 g/L. Blood samples were analysed for 201 women. The estimates of prevalence of anemia (Hb < 120 g/L), iron deficiency (SF < 12 mug/L) and IDA were 7.0% (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.8%-10.9%), 5.5% (95% CI 2.5%-8.9%) and 2.5% (95% CI 0.3%-4.7%) respectively. No significant differences were observed between level of income and anemia, iron deficiency and IDA rates. Anemia was not related to dietary iron intake. In conclusion, the prevalence of IDA is low among healthy women 1-year postpartum in central Montreal.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.82298
Date January 2005
CreatorsMurphy, Patricia, 1977-
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Science (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 002226993, proquestno: AAIMR12509, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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