Survey on anemia and growing development of middle school students in Longan county
LU Jing-huan
LU Feng-ji
CHEN Gui-rong
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the prevalence of anemia and the growing development of middle school students of Zhuang nationality in Longan , Guangxi, and to provide the evidence for anemia prevention and treatment in Longan county .Methods Two thousand and fifty-one middle school students aged from 12 to 18 years were sam-pled.Their height, weight and hemoglobin levels were measured and analyzed .Results The total prevalence rate of anemia was 14.48%.Boys′prevalence rate of anemia was 9.21%, and 20.04%for girls.Microcytic hypochromic anemia was the main type of anemia .Girls were at higher risk for anemia than boys ( OR=2.470 , 95%CI:1.904~3.204 , P<0.001 ) .The total prevalence rate of malnutrition was 27.74%.The students with anemia were at higher risk for malnutrition than those without anemia (33.33% vs 26.80%, OR=1.366, 95%CI:1.050~1.778, P=0.02 ) .Conclusion Anemia is still a serious health problem among the middle students of Zhuang nationality in Longan county , which affects the growth and development of the students .Treatment for anemia should be strength-ened among the adolescence with malnutrition .
Keywords：AnemiaGrowth and developmentMalnutritionAdolescenceZhuang nationality
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 204-207 )