TY - JOUR
T1 - Diarrhea and fever as risk factors for anemia among children under age five living in urban slum areas of Indonesia
AU - Semba, Richard D.
AU - de Pee, Saskia
AU - Ricks, Michelle O.
AU - Sari, Mayang
AU - Bloem, Martin W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The NSS was supported by the United States Agency for International Development. This paper was conceived and written independently of the funding agency; the funding agency had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Objectives: To characterize diarrhea and fever as risk factors for anemia among children in developing countries. Methods: We characterized risk factors for anemia in a sample of 32 873 children, aged 6-59 months, from poor families in urban slum areas of Indonesia from 2000 to 2003. Results: The prevalence of anemia was 58.7%. In separate multivariate models, after adjusting for age, sex, stunting, maternal age and education, and weekly per capita household expenditure, current diarrhea (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.07-1.35, p = 0.002), current fever (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.18-1.75, p < 0.0001), and a history of diarrhea in the previous seven days (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.23, p = 0.024) were associated with an increased risk of anemia. Conclusions: Diarrhea and fever are important risk factors for anemia among young children living in urban slum communities in Indonesia.
AB - Objectives: To characterize diarrhea and fever as risk factors for anemia among children in developing countries. Methods: We characterized risk factors for anemia in a sample of 32 873 children, aged 6-59 months, from poor families in urban slum areas of Indonesia from 2000 to 2003. Results: The prevalence of anemia was 58.7%. In separate multivariate models, after adjusting for age, sex, stunting, maternal age and education, and weekly per capita household expenditure, current diarrhea (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.07-1.35, p = 0.002), current fever (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.18-1.75, p < 0.0001), and a history of diarrhea in the previous seven days (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.23, p = 0.024) were associated with an increased risk of anemia. Conclusions: Diarrhea and fever are important risk factors for anemia among young children living in urban slum communities in Indonesia.
KW - Anemia
KW - Children
KW - Diarrhea
KW - Fever
KW - Hemoglobin
KW - Indonesia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.04.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 17629535
AN - SCOPUS:37548998630
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 12
SP - 62
EP - 70
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -