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. 2014 Dec;32(4):646-57.

Prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among children below five years of age in Cape Verde, West Africa

Rosa M L Semedo, Marta M A S Santos, Mirian R Baião, Ronir R Luiz, Gloria V da Veiga

Prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among children below five years of age in Cape Verde, West Africa

Rosa M L Semedo et al. J Health Popul Nutr. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

This study estimated the prevalence of anaemia and associated factors in a probability sample of 993 chil- dren aged 6-59 months in Cape Verde, West Africa. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were estimated from a hierarchical model for multiple analysis to assess the association between anaemia and explanatory variables. The prevalence of anaemia was 51.8% (95% CI 47.7-55.8). Children who resided within poor household conditions (OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.06-3.71) were below 24 months of age (OR 3.23; 95% CI 2.03-5.15) and recently experienced diarrhoea (OR 1.58; 95% CI 0.99-2.50) were at high risk of anaemia. Anaemia should be considered a serious public-health concern in Cape Verde, mainly for chil- dren below 24 months. Further, special consideration should be given to children who have experienced recent diarrhoea and belong to families residing in poor household conditions.

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