TY - JOUR
T1 - Iron Deficiency With and Without Anemia in Infants and Children
AU - Haddy, Theresa B.
AU - Jurkowski, Claire
AU - Brody, Howard
AU - Kallen, David J.
AU - Czajka Narins, Dorice M.
PY - 1974/12
Y1 - 1974/12
N2 - Among 109 infants and children from 4 months to 5 years of age from low-income families, hemoglobin concentrations lower than 11 gm/100 ml and hematocrit values lower than 33% indicated iron deficiency anemia, but higher levels did not exclude deficiency. Seventy-nine of the 109 were studied during a three-month screening program. Of these, one third had iron deficiency. When only children under 2 years of age were considered, however, the incidence was slightly more than 50%. A 24-hour food intake history correlated well with the presence or absence of iron deficiency and was a useful instrument for evaluating the adequacy of dietary iron in this population.
AB - Among 109 infants and children from 4 months to 5 years of age from low-income families, hemoglobin concentrations lower than 11 gm/100 ml and hematocrit values lower than 33% indicated iron deficiency anemia, but higher levels did not exclude deficiency. Seventy-nine of the 109 were studied during a three-month screening program. Of these, one third had iron deficiency. When only children under 2 years of age were considered, however, the incidence was slightly more than 50%. A 24-hour food intake history correlated well with the presence or absence of iron deficiency and was a useful instrument for evaluating the adequacy of dietary iron in this population.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110310035006
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110310035006
M3 - Article
C2 - 4440648
AN - SCOPUS:0016371315
SN - 0096-8994
VL - 128
SP - 787
EP - 793
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 6
ER -