INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTION IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN: COULD IT BE A RISK FACTOR FOR IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA? | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 46, Issue 3, December 2016, Page 533-540 PDF (248.51 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88253 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| ZEZE TH. ATWA1; MARWA M THABET2 | ||||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum Governorate, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A case control study that associates IDA with different parasitic infections and socioeconomic factors. The study enrolled 194 children with IDA and 180 age matched control. Patients diagnosed as IDA by complete blood count (CBC), and iron indices. All cases were subjected to complete history, anthropometric measures, and CBC and stool analysis. Ancylostoma duodenal, Ascaris lumbercoides and Giardia lamblia infections, lower family income, increased number of family members and eating meat in low frequency could be independent risk factors for IDA as detected by multivariate regression analysis. A. duodenale and G. lamblia were associated with lower ferritin levels in anemic patients. No significant associations as regards residence, body mass index, mother employment or education levels (p>0.05). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Iron deficiency anemia; Parasites; Socioeconomic | ||||
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