Correlation between iron deficiency anemia and intestinal parasitic infection in school-age children in Medan

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Darlan, D.M.^1 ; Ananda, F.R.^2 ; Sari, M.I.^3 ; Arrasyid, N.K.^1 ; Sari, D.I.^4

Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^2

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^3

Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^4

关键词: Bivariate analysis;    Chi-square tests;    Cross-sectional study;    Hemoglobin concentration;    Iron deficiency;    P-values;    Parasitic infections;    Univariate analysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012059/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012059

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Anemia is an abnormal hemoglobin concentration in blood that impacts almost 40% school-age children in developing countries. Intestinal parasitic infection, along with malnutrition are contributed to influence absorption, transportation, and metabolism of iron which is the most common etiology of anemia in school-age children. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and parasitic intestinal infection generally and protozoa infection particularly among school-age children in Medan. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from May until October 2016 in primaryschool in Medan and Hamparan Perak, Deli Serdang. Consecutive sampling was used with total 132 samples obtained. Univariate analysis and Bivariate analysis were performed.This study showed the prevalence of IDA was 7.6%, and proportion of parasitic intestinal infection was 26.5% with 19.8% protozoa infection. The correlation between IDA and intestinal parasitic infection was not significant in Chi-Square Test (p-value: 0.089), neither was between IDA and protozoa infection (p-value: 0.287). There was a correlation between MCV, MCH, and anemia with p-value0.05).