TY - JOUR
T1 - Malaria, hookworms and recent fever are related to anemia and iron status indicators in 0- to 5-y old Zanzibari children and these relationships change with age
AU - Stoltzfus, Rebecca J.
AU - Chwaya, Hababu M.
AU - Montresor, Antonio
AU - Albonico, Marco
AU - Savioli, Lorenzo
AU - Tielsch, James M.
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PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In Zanzibar and other tropical regions, iron deficiency, malaria and multiple helminth infections coexist. We addressed the following questions: 1) What are the predictors of low hemoglobin in Zanzibari preschool children? 2) Are indicators of iron status informative in this population? 3) Does malaria modify the relation of iron indicators to hemoglobin? We used multivariate regression to analyze cross-sectional data from a community- based sample of rural Zanzibari children who were not ill (n = 490; 4-71 mo of age) in whom we assessed hemoglobin, serum ferritin (SF), erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP), serum transferrin receptor (TfR), recent fever, malaria parasitemia and helminth fecal egg counts. Of hemoglobin values, 80% were <100 g/L and 15.5% were <70 g/L. In children <18 mo of age, 40.2% of hemoglobin values were <70 g/L. Our primary findings were as follows: 1) In children <30 mo old, hemoglobin was associated with malaria but not hookworms, whereas in children ≥30 mo, hemoglobin was related to hookworms but not malaria. In the younger age group, male sex and recent fever also predicted lower hemoglobin. 2) The three iron indicators were informative in this population but did not reflect only iron status. Malaria elevated SF in younger children and TfR and EP in both age groups. Fever elevated SF in older children and EP in both age groups, but not TfR. 3) Malaria modified the relation of all three indicators to hemoglobin. The relation of SF to hemoglobin was weak overall, and absent in malaria-infected children. EP and TfR were strongly related to hemoglobin, but this relation was attenuated by malaria.
AB - In Zanzibar and other tropical regions, iron deficiency, malaria and multiple helminth infections coexist. We addressed the following questions: 1) What are the predictors of low hemoglobin in Zanzibari preschool children? 2) Are indicators of iron status informative in this population? 3) Does malaria modify the relation of iron indicators to hemoglobin? We used multivariate regression to analyze cross-sectional data from a community- based sample of rural Zanzibari children who were not ill (n = 490; 4-71 mo of age) in whom we assessed hemoglobin, serum ferritin (SF), erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP), serum transferrin receptor (TfR), recent fever, malaria parasitemia and helminth fecal egg counts. Of hemoglobin values, 80% were <100 g/L and 15.5% were <70 g/L. In children <18 mo of age, 40.2% of hemoglobin values were <70 g/L. Our primary findings were as follows: 1) In children <30 mo old, hemoglobin was associated with malaria but not hookworms, whereas in children ≥30 mo, hemoglobin was related to hookworms but not malaria. In the younger age group, male sex and recent fever also predicted lower hemoglobin. 2) The three iron indicators were informative in this population but did not reflect only iron status. Malaria elevated SF in younger children and TfR and EP in both age groups. Fever elevated SF in older children and EP in both age groups, but not TfR. 3) Malaria modified the relation of all three indicators to hemoglobin. The relation of SF to hemoglobin was weak overall, and absent in malaria-infected children. EP and TfR were strongly related to hemoglobin, but this relation was attenuated by malaria.
KW - Anemia
KW - Children
KW - Helminth infection
KW - Iron
KW - Malaria
KW - Nutrition assessment
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U2 - 10.1093/jn/130.7.1724
DO - 10.1093/jn/130.7.1724
M3 - Article
C2 - 10867043
AN - SCOPUS:0033920137
SN - 0022-3166
VL - 130
SP - 1724
EP - 1733
JO - Journal of Nutrition
JF - Journal of Nutrition
IS - 7
ER -