Factors Of Iron Deficiency Anemia In Infants

[Background] Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common type of anemia in children with a high worldwide prevalence. World Health Organization (WHO) data shows that anemia has affected30%of the world population, accounting for50%of the total children (especially infants). World Health Organization has listed IDA as one of the world’s four major nutritional diseases. And studies have shown that moderate anemia (hemoglobin at80-100g/L) can increase morbidity and mortality in children and also inhibit the development of children’s language and action, directly affecting children’s growth and mental development, and this damage is usually irreversible. The purpose of this study is to identify factors which may cause iron deficiency anemia in infants, providing a theoretical basis for future prevention and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in infants.[Objective] To analyze the relevant factors resulted in iron deficiency anemia (iron deficiency anemia, IDA) in infants and investigate the main factors to propose targeted prevention and control measures, to look forward to early diagnosis and timely treatment and thus reducing the adverse effects of IDA on children’s health.[Methods]0-36month-old infants and their caregivers in Wanbailin District Central Hospital pediatric clinic and child protection examination from February2013to February2014, were randomly selected a total of986cases. Infants were taken physical measurements and hemoglobin examination and their caregivers were questionnaire. Collect the information of their gender, age, children’s eating behavior, feeding people’s feeding behavior, whether breastfeeding, whether to accept infants’education and other factors that may have an effect on early childhood anemia in infants. The infants were divided into anemic group and non-anemic group. SPSS13.ed with the mean and standard deviation; enumeration data was expressed with the rate and frequency;χ2test for categorical variables was used foe univariate analysis. Once univariate analysis was statistically significant Logistic regression analysis was built.[Results]Univariate analysis showed that infantile foodintake behavior、feeding behavior、family’s finances、childbearing education、addition of ferroprotein rich food、 feeding patterns of aged6-month、maternal and infant late anaemia, the seven factors were statistically significant (P<0.05), suggesting that these factors may be closely related to iron deficiency anemia in infants. The results of these carried7was analyzed with Logistic multivariate analysis, in which children eating behavior, whether breastfeeding mothers education level, complementary feeding and complementary feeding time and type of anemia in late pregnancy the mother and whether to accept parental guidance, the eight indicators were statistically significant.[Conclusion] The results suggest that infantile foodintake behavior,childbrearing education,additon of ferroprotein rich food,the above three indicators are closely related to infant iron deficiency anemia, which may cause major risk factors for iron deficiency anemia in infants.