Document Details
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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Girls At University Stage انتشار فقر الدم الناجم عن نقص الحديد بين الفتيات |
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Faculty of Sciences |
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Arabic |
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Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional problem in many parts of the world and the most common cause of anemia in Saudi Arabia. A lack sufficient quantity of iron in the body leads to iron deficiency anemia (IDA) which is the most common types of anemia. Without the appropriate amount of iron, the body will not be able to produce enough hemoglobin of red blood cells, resulting in anemia.
Accordingly, we designed this study to investigate the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among apparently healthy Saudi young female university students at King AbdulAziz University in Jeddah province. This project was conducted between February and June 2007. Three hundred ten blood samples were randomly collected from these university students. Their ages ranged between (18-23) years. The data collected consisted of two sections: (A) included items on students such as age, height, weight, social habits, diseases symptoms (if present), menstrual, dietary, and medical history and (B) consisted of the result of the laboratory investigations carried out on each subject. The investigations included complete blood count (CBC), High Performance Liquid chromatography (HPLC), hemoglobin electrophoresis, serum ferrtin (SF), and serum iron (SI). The results obtained for the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among apparently healthy Saudi young females, studying at King AbdulAziz University in Jeddah showed that one hundred fifty-three students were normal (50.2%) and hence considered as normal control group. Seventy nine students (25.9%) had iron deficiency and seventy three students (23.9%) had iron deficiency anemia.
Also the results showed that low or no consumption of meat, impaired exercise capacity and past medical history of IDA were significant variables in the current study in causing iron deficiency anemia and pallor was the most statistically significant physical sign. However, the prevalence of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among apparently healthy Saudi young females at King AbdulAziz University in Jeddah is higher than what have been reported previously in Riyadh City.
Therefore, it is recommended to use educational programs, healthy food education, and food iron fortification. Also it is recommended the screening of iron deficiency anemia to use laboratory investigations for hemoglobin and ferritin in order to overcome this simple but common health problem. |
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Supervisor |
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Dr. Safaa Y. Qusti |
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Master Thesis |
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1432 AH
2011 AD |
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Co-Supervisor |
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Dr. Fatin M. Al-Sayes . Dr. Mamdooh A.Gari |
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
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Researchers
| نادية يسلم باقطيان | Baqatian, Nadia Yaslam | Researcher | Master | |
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