Fatores associados com anemia ferropriva em crianças menores de 6 meses / Factors associated with anemia among infants under 6 months old

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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The aim of this study was to analyze the associ ation of infant anemia and anemia of the mother, length of umbilical cord clamping and length of exclusive breastfeeding. A cohort of 513 infants pairs recruited in Sumare Hospital were followed-up to 6 months of age, with hematological evaluations at delivery and at age of 150 days after birth. Mother interviews were performance at the day before hospital discharge and at 150 days after delivery. At delivery there were 16.9% mothers with anem ia, decreasing 150 days later to 1.7%. Just 2.1% of umbilical cord blood analyses had hemoglobin lower than 11g/dl and at 150 days of life 49% of infants had anemia. The mean length of clamping was 18.5 seconds and in just 3.7% was over 1 minute. At the 150 day, there was 72.9% of breast feeding but just 6,1 was exclusive. Infant anemia at 150 days was associated to prematur ity and /or low weight at birth. Several epidemiological studies point out a strong association between length of clamping and the hemoglobin concentration, but this research failed to observe this association provably due to the small number of cases with sufficient length of clamping.The high prevalence of infant anemia demands that the clamping length must be equal or greater than 1 minute, and observed by all hospital in our region.

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aleitamento materno umbilical cord supplementary feeding anemia ferropriva epidemiology epidemiologia cordão umbilical suplemento alimentar anemia iron-deficiency

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