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OBJECTIVE:The cutoffs defining anaemia based on haemoglobin and haematocrit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States (US) are different. We compared the prevalences resulting from these definitions and explored the reasons for the variation observed. DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey within a cohort study of children recruited at birth at Royal Darwin Hospital. SETTING:Subjects were interviewed in their homes or other convenient location and had a blood sample drawn. SUBJECTS:Five hundred and seventeen Australian Aboriginal children aged 9-13 years inclusive. RESULTS:Depending on the criterion used, the prevalence of anaemia in the total group ranged between 6% (95% confidence interval: 4.1-8.4%) and 24.4% (20.7-28.3). Using the WHO criteria, girls aged 12-13 years were identified as a target group, having a two- to-six fold higher prevalence than the other groups. When compared to the US criteria, boys aged 12-13 years had the highest prevalence of anaemia, although this was not significant. Simulations show that the WHO cutoffs are based on inconsistent centiles of the age-sex haemoglobin and haematocrit distributions, and that this largely explains the discrepant results. CONCLUSIONS:This variability in definition could lead to inappropriate identification of target groups for intervention programmes.
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Eur J Clin Nutrjournal_title
European journal of clinical nutritionauthors
Mackerras D,Singh Gdoi
10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602483subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-01 00:00:00pages
135-9issue
1eissn
0954-3007issn
1476-5640pii
1602483journal_volume
61pub_type
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
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abstract:BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity (SO) are geriatric syndromes leading to physical disability, poor quality of life and death. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and SO in nursing homes in Turkey and to define local disparities for diagnosing sarcopenia and SO. ...
journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2012.178
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Human milk vitamin B12 (B12) concentrations depend on maternal status and intake; only few data are available in high-income countries. OBJECTIVE:We assessed human milk B12 concentrations during the first 6 months postpartum in Norwegian women and its association with maternal dietary B12 intake and materna...
journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41430-020-0567-x
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602145
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2012.103
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess four-year changes in different measures of health, functional limitations and activities of daily living occurring in elderly Europeans who participated in the SENECA surveys of 1988/89 and 1993. METHODS:Similar questions on self-perceived health, chronic diseases, drug intake and activities of dai...
journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
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doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600731
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
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doi:
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602641
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2010.194
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of guar on the absorption of the calcium isotope 45Ca was measured in six normal subjects. Values for the delay before the initial rise of radioactivity in plasma (delta t) and the initial fractional absorption rate (alpha) were derived using a non-linear curve-fitting computer programme. Guar significantly...
journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2011.103
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41430-020-0589-4
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601187
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2012.63
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601043
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601736
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2010.241
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601149
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602419
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.180
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601417
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602413
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602712
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of clinical nutrition
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602845
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00