Characterisation of anaemia amongst school going adolescent girls in rural Haryana, India

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 25; no. 12; pp. 3499 - 3508
• Main Authors: Gupta, Aakriti, Sachdev, Harshpal Singh, Kapil, Umesh, Prakash, Shyam, Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, Sati, Hem Chandra, Sharma, Lokesh Kumar, Lal, Priti Rishi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Acids; Adolescents; Age groups; Anemia; Children & youth; Cyanocobalamin; Enrollments; Folic acid; Girls; Hemoglobin; Households; Hygiene; Immunoassay; Inflammation; Iron deficiency; Laboratories; Nutrient deficiency; Nutritional Epidemiology; Regression analysis; Research Paper; Rural areas; Sanitation; Schools; Sociodemographics; Teenagers; Vitamin B; Vitamin B12; Berlin Germany; Germany; India; Haemoglobin; Iron; Anaemia; Folate; Adolescent

High burden of anaemia exists amongst rural adolescent girls in India. The objective of this study was to characterise anaemia in school going adolescent girls in rural Haryana, India. Linear and multiple logistic regression analysis of data collected prior to an intervention trial was conducted. Pa...