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The contribution of hookworm and other parasitic infections to haemoglobin and iron status among children and adults in western Kenya.

Abstract：

:A cross-sectional study of 729 children and adults in western Kenya investigated the impact of infection with hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Schistosoma mansoni and malaria on iron status. In bivariate analyses, hookworm intensities as low as 300 eggs/g of faeces were negatively related to levels of haemoglobin (Hb) and serum ferritin (SF). Malaria parasitaemia was negatively related to Hb and positively related to SF, while S. mansoni intensities were negatively related to SF. Multivariate regression analysis was done to identify predictors of Hb and SF levels. In children, age (in years) was the only predictor for Hb (B = 1.7 g/L) and only malaria parasitaemia (negative, light, moderate, heavy) was retained in the model for log10 SF (B = 0.097 microgram/L). In adults, hookworm infection and malaria parasitaemia together with age, sex, pregnancy, SF levels < 12 micrograms/L and elevated body temperature were significant predictors of low Hb. The regression coefficient for hookworm egg count (for increments of 100 eggs/g) was -1.3 g/L. Significant interactions between sex and age and between sex and malaria parasitaemia were revealed. Age and malaria parasitaemia were significant predictors only among females, with a regression coefficient for malaria parasitaemia of -6.9 g/L. The regression coefficient for hookworm did not change when SF < 12 micrograms/L was taken out of the model, indicating that the effect of hookworm cannot be explained by low iron stores alone. Using SF as the dependent variable, hookworm and S. mansoni intensities together with age and sex were retained in the model. The regression coefficients for hookworm egg count (increments of 100 eggs/g) and S. mansoni egg count (increments of 10 eggs/g) were -0.011 microgram/L and -0.012 microgram/L, respectively. Iron deficiency was a problem in this population and hookworm infections contributed significantly to this situation.

journal_name

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

journal_title

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors

Olsen A,Magnussen P,Ouma JH,Andreassen J,Friis H

doi

10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90795-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-11-01 00:00:00

pages

643-9

issue

eissn

0035-9203

issn

1878-3503

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The contribution of hookworm and other parasitic infections to haemoglobin and iron status among children and adults in western Kenya.