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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Faruk
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Ataur
dc.contributor.authorNoor, Adeba Nazma
dc.contributor.authorAkhtaruzzaman, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:56:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:56:51Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2013-12-18T22:25:40Z
dc.identifier.issn13689800
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55095
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To investigate the prevalence of anaemia and subclinical vitamin A deficiency among adolescent schoolboys in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, and to identify factors related to anaemia and vitamin A status. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Government high schools in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Subjects and methods: A total of 381 boys, aged 11-16 years, from10 schools in Dhaka City participated in the study. Socio-economic, anthropometric and dietary data were collected.Haemoglobin and serumretinol (vitamin A) concentrations were determined. Results: Seven per cent of the boys were anaemic and 22% had serum vitamin A levels below the adequate level of 1.05mmol l21, with only 1.5% having subclinical vitamin A deficiency (,0.70mmol l21). Food frequency data revealed poor dietary habits.Multiple regression analysis showed that age, bodymass index (BMI), parents' occupation, serum vitamin A level and frequency of intakes of meat and fruit were significantly independently related to haemoglobin level. The overall F-ratio (13.1) was highly significant (P , 0.000) and the adjusted R 2 was 0.192. For serumvitamin A, BMI, father's education, per capita expenditure on food, haemoglobin concentration and frequency of intake of vitaminA-rich fruitwere found to be significantly independently related. The overall F-ratio (14.5) was highly significant (P , 0.000) and the adjusted R 2 was 0.186. Conclusion: The data showthat adolescent schoolboys in Dhaka City have anaemia and inadequate vitamin A status, although the extent of the problems is lower than in other population groups in the country. Sociodemographic and dietary factors appear to have important relationships with anaemia and vitamin A status of these boys.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/div-classtitleanaemia-and-vitamin-a-status-among-adolescent-schoolboys-in-dhaka-city-bangladeshdiv/9A5EF3A68014746FC2E7BB5B4A049B39
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom345
dc.relation.ispartofpageto350
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPublic Health Nutrition
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode11
dc.titleAnaemia and vitamin A status among adolescent schoolboys in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAhmed, Faruk


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