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PREVALENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG
ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND ITS RISK FACTORS IN TANGAIL
REGION OF BANGLADESH
Md. Shamim Miah1
, M. Nannur Rahman2
, UK Prodhan2
, MR Linkon2
, Madumita4
, Md. Sidur
Rahman5
1
MS Research Student, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and
Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.bscmsfn@gmail.com
2
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and
Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.mnannuiu@gmail.com, utpalftns@yahoo.com
3
Lecturer, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology
University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.murtaja.kus@gmail.com
4
Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences,
Bangladesh.lipi_khan06@yahoo.com
5
Nutritionist, BIRDEM General Hospital Shabagh, Dhaka. saidur.rahman@yahoo.com
Abstract
Anemia is a significant public health problem in Bangladesh especially in developing countries, affecting the lives of many
children, adolescents and women every year. Over the last four decades, data on the prevalence of anemia indicated high in
adolescents, without any trend for improvement. Thus the Author undertakes to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia
and its associated risk factors among adolescent girls. A cross sectional survey was conducted among adolescent girls selected
purposively from different non government High School. Hematological parameters, Body Mass Index (BMI), Socioeconomic,
demographic and related risk factors were obtained by a well defined questionnaire and appropriate biochemical method. There
were 17.5% girls were suffering from iron deficiency anemia. Among them 0.8% severe, 5.8% moderate and 10.9% were mild
anemic. In this study 31.82% and 9.21% found anemic in joint and nuclear family. Most of anemic patients found in the family
whose family member more than 8. About 66.67 % anemic adolescents were identified whose family’s monthly income less than
6000 TK. About 23.08% anemic respondent’s parents were illiterate. There was a strong relationship between BMI (Body Mass
Index) and anemia. The P value of the association was 0.038 is statistically significant. Most of the respondents about 85.8% had
no idea about iron deficiency anemia. Most of the anemic were found 5 days or more menstrual blood flow. All the anemic girls
usually intake 5.21 mg irons per day that is not available to meet the daily requirement. So it is essential to increase awareness
about taking more iron during adolescent period to reduce the prevalence of anemia.
Keywords: Anemia, Adolescent Girls, Body Mass Index, Iron, Public Health.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Adolescence, defined by World Health Organization (WHO)
as the period between 10 and 19 years, is an important,
formative time which shapes the future of boys' and girls'
lives [1]. There are about 1.2 billion adolescents in the
world, which is equal to 1/5th of the world‟s population and
their numbers are increasing. Out of these, 5 million
adolescents are living in developing countries [2]. There are
28 million adolescents in Bangladesh 13.7 million of them
are girls and 14.3 million boys. In our country around 12
percent of the whole populations are adolescent girls.
Bangladesh is a society of poor economic infrastructure with
male biased social pattern which makes adolescent female a
vulnerable group for nutrient deprivation [3]. Adolescence is
a “coming of age”, as children grow into young adults.
Adolescence is a particularly unique period in life because it
is a time of intense physical, psychosocial, and cognitive
development. Increased nutritional needs at this juncture
relate to the fact that adolescents gain up to 50% of the
weight, more than 20% of their adult height, and 50% of
their adult skeletal mass during this period. The main
nutrition problems affecting adolescent populations
worldwide include under nutrition in terms of stunting and
thinness, catch-up growth, and intrauterine growth
retardation in pre adolescent girls, iron deficiency and
anemia, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, calcium
deficiency, other specific nutrient deficiencies, e.g. zinc,
folate and obesity. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) constitutes
the major anemia during adolescent period. Accelerated
development, hormonal changes, malnutrition and starting
of menstrual periods in girls are major causes in this period.
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Because iron is an essential element for the function of
various organs, its deficiency may lead to impaired
perception and learning difficulties ending up with declined
school success. In adolescent, the most frequent cause of
megaloblastic anemia is the deficiency of vitamin B12 and
folic acid. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain folic acid, but
the only source of vitamin B12 is foods of animal origin.
Deficiency of vitamin B12 may cause neuropsychiatric
problems, impaired behavior, lack of attention, learning
difficulties and a decline in the success of the affected
students [4]. In developing countries, factors associated with
under nutrition of adolescents are: poor household economic
condition, periodic food-shortage, child-labour (marker of
household income-poverty), burden of disease, poor
knowledge about long-term consequences of under nutrition
of adolescents, quantity and quality of food, and access to
health and nutrition services [5]. In Bangladesh, low family
income, education, and periodic food-shortage were
associated with inadequate dietary intake which might have
led to under nutrition [6]. Dietary knowledge and access to
resources are critical to improve health and nutrition in a
sustainable way. Adolescence is the time to learn and adopt
healthy habits to avoid many health and nutritional problems
later in life Adolescents have more easy access to health and
nutrition information through schools, recreational activities,
and mass media than they have later in their lives
Particularly, health and nutrition knowledge and healthy
habits of female adolescents will have critical roles to play
in maintaining future family health and nutrition [5].
Nutritional deficiencies have far reaching consequences in
adolescent girls. If their nutritional needs are not met, they
are likely to give birth to undernourished children, thus
transmitting under nutrition to future generations [7]. The
nutritional anemia in adolescent girls attributes to the high
maternal mortality rate, the high incidence of low birth
weight babies, high prenatal mortality and the consequent
high fertility rates. This phase of life is also important due to
the ever-increasing evidence that the control of anemia in
pregnant women can be more easily achieved if a
satisfactory iron status can be ensured during adolescence
[8]. About 43% of the adolescent deaths are related to
pregnancy. Pregnancy during adolescence deprives the girls
from achieving their full growth according to their genetic
potential [9]. One way to break the intergenerational cycle
of malnutrition is to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls
prior to conception. The vicious cycle of malnutrition, if not
broken, will goes on resulting in more and more severe
consequences [10]. Iron deficiency anaemia is considered to
be the main type of anaemia among young children in
Bangladesh due to poor dietary iron intake. This study,
therefore, is aimed at assessing the prevalence of anaemia
and its risk factors as we can create awareness among
people.
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1 Study Design
A Purposeful Sampling Technique was used to select girls
schools from where sample was selected by lottery method.
A total number of 120 adolescent girls were selected from
different Non- government school of Tangail district in the
age group of 12-17years in order to arrive at dependable
conclusion
2.2 Development of Questionnaire
A questionnaire was developed containing both closed &
open ended questions to obtain relevant information on
anthropometric, socioeconomic, dietary condition of the
adolescent girls. All questions were designed, pretested,
modified and resettled to obtain and record information
easily. Any modification necessary were then made and a
final recoded, pretested questionnaire was drawn up.
2.3 Anthropometric Assessment
The anthropometric data were collected based on standard
methods. Ages of the respondents were recorded from the
registration book of school. Measurements of weight and
height were obtained from all subjects. The subjects were
weighed wearing minimal cloths and bare footed. Three
weight measurements were obtained using a bathroom
weighing scale and the average was calculated and recorded
to the nearest 0.1 kg. The height was measured with a
wooden measuring board without shoes and the average was
calculated and recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm. Body Mass
Index (BMI) as the best method of measuring the nutritional
status of adolescent girls.
BMI= 2
minHeight
kginWeight
2.4 Socio-Demographic Data
Information on demographic and socioeconomic variables
was obtained by a structured standard questionnaire.
2.5 Clinical and Bio-Chemical Assessment
Clinical examination is the most essential part of all
nutrition surveys, essentially the method is based
examination the subject for changes, believed to be related
various nutrient deficiency that can be seen or felt in
superficial epithelial tissues especially skin, eyes, hair,
tongue, teeth etc. The Hemoglobin estimation of the all 120
sample was done in collaboration with well reputed clinical
laboratory (Sahli‟s method). The reading was compared
with WHO standards for classification of anemic samples.
2.6 Menstrual History
This section pertained to the menstrual history of the
respondents. The questions included in this section were
menopausal syndrome, duration of the blood flow & interval
between the next menstrual cycles.
2.7 Dietary Behavior Assessment
24 hour recall was used to obtained information regarding
the intake of different nutrients such as calories, proteins,
calcium, fat and iron. In this the quantity of food consumed
by the respondents in terms of household measures (cup,
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spoons, ladles, serving spoons, katories, plates etc) was
recorded. Subjects were asked to recall the actual food
consumed during last 24 hours and this was recorded on the
diet sheet. The quantity was measured through these
standardized containers. These were later converted into
metric weight and the nutritive value was calculated using
food consumption table.
2.8 Data Analysis
The data set were first checked, cleaned and entered into the
computer from the numerical codes on the form. The data
was edited if there is any discrepancy and then cleaned it.
The frequency distributions of the entire variables were
checked by using SPSS 16.0 windows program. For tabular,
charts and graphical representation Microsoft word and
Microsoft excel were used.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
3.1 Socio-Demographic Features of the Respondent
In this cross sectional study a total of 120 adolescent girls
were attend for the studied. The mean age (years, mean ±
SD) of those participants was 13.9667±1.230. Among the
participants 12.5% participants were 12 years, 25.0%
participants were 13 years, 30.8% participants were 14
years, 18.3% were participants 15 years, 11.7% participants
were 16 years and 1.7% participants were 17 years old. The
level of education 30.83% of both father and mother were
illiterate, and 42.50% of them were single literate and
26.67% of both father and mother were literate. All
respondent‟s family size was divided into 4 groups. Among
them 11.6% had up to 3 members in their family, 34.2% had
4-5 members in their family, 36.7% had 6-7 members in
their family and 17.5% had more than 8 members in their
family. All respondent‟s family had divided into 2 groups.
Among them 63.3% were nuclear family and 36.7% were
joint family. Table 1 also shows that among 120 respondents
only 0.8% were severe anemic, 5.8% were moderate
anemic, 10.9% were mild anemic and the rest 82.5%
respondents were non-anemic. While questioning about the
problem of iron deficiency 85.8% of participants answered
no i.e. they had no idea about the problem of iron deficiency
and the rest of 14.2% participants answered yes that means
they had idea about the problem of iron deficiency.
3.2 Relationship of Anemia with Certain Condition
of the Respondent
The distribution of respondents according to their type of
family is shown in Table 2 the nuclear family setup has
emerged as the main pattern of families during current years
thus vanishing the joint setup. Within group analysis table
shows that majority 31.82 percent of girls in the anemic
group were belonging from Joint type of family, whereas in
the normal group respondents were distributed as 90.79%
nuclear family. The association between the two groups with
respect to type of family was found statistically significant
as the p value (p= 0.014) is less than the level of
significance 0.05. The family size plays an important role in
dietary intake of individuals. Table 2 envisages that almost
38.10 percent of the respondents having anemia were from
the families having family size of more than eight members.
A gradual decrease in percentage of anemic girls was seen
in groups as the family size gets reducing. Significant
association was found between two groups and the family
size, suggesting that both the groups are effected by family
size (p= 0.045). The table 2 shows that the numbers of
anemic is higher in low income group, but at the same time
normal are also equally high in this income group. A slight
difference in percentages cannot be taken as significant
which is evident from chi-square value and p value
(p=0.000) of the test of association. It is common belief that
educated parents are conscious of giving their children the
requisite and balanced diet. Almost 24.53% of the girls
among anemic group were those having both the parents
illiterate and 3.57% were respondents in the anemic group
whose parents were literate. It can also be seen from the
table that there is decline in percentage of anemic girls when
both the parents are illiterate as against when at least one of
them is literate. Inter group comparison shows that in
totality the highest percentage 24.53% of anemic
respondents had parents illiterate. To justify the fact
statistically, whether educational status of parents does
influence the anemic condition, chi-square test was
employed which shows that there is significant association
(p=0.021). Further, in case of anemic group the lowest
percentage i.e, 7.40% had duration of blood flow of 2-3 days
and highest percentage i.e 35.48% had duration of blood
flow for more than 5 days. In case of normal group, lowest
percentage i.e 64.52% the duration of blood flow more than
5 days. Table 2 also shows consumption of milk, fruits and
green leafy vegetables by the respondents. In anemic group
the lowest percentages i.e 4.76%, 19.05% and 14.29%
consumed milk or milk based products, fruits and green
leafy vegetables daily. The highest percentages among
anemic group i.e 61.91%, 57.14% and 52.38% consumed
milk or milk based products, fruits and green leafy
vegetables irregularly.. In order to ascertain whether there is
any association between the two groups with respect to the
consumption of milk or milk based products, fruits and
green leafy vegetables by the respondents, chi-square test
was employed which show that there is statistically
significant association (p= 0.018, p= 0.028 and p=0.003)
between the two groups.
The figure 1 describes the body mass index of respondents
studied. The lowest percentage of anemic group i. e 9.21%
(exception 0%) belongs to ideal weight category and highest
percentage i. e 35.90% belongs to underweight category.
While same observations were found in normal group, the
lowest percentage i. e 64.10% belongs to underweight
groups and highest percentages i. e 100% and
90.79%belongs to overweight and normal groups. In order
to ascertain whether there is any association between the
two groups with respect to their Body Mass Index (BMI)
chi-square test was employed which shows that there is
statistically significant association (p=0. 038) between the
two groups.
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3.3 Relation between Anemia and Nutritional
Intake of Respondents as per 24 Hours Dietary
Recall
The data presented in table 3 show the nutrient intake
among respondents of various age groups (13-17 years). The
caloric intake of normal group was 1622 kcal and for
anemic group was almost same 1592 kcal. Interval variation
was not much as given by the values of standard deviation
of two groups‟ i. e, 255 kcal 293 kcal respectively.
Comparison of mean caloric intake by respondents and
prescribed value by RDA show difference is insignificant
across all age groups. The overall mean iron intake in case
of anemic group 5.21 mg while as that of the normal
respondents was 7.05gm in both the cases intake is much
lower than RDA values. Where in 28mg/day is prescribed
for the age group of 13-15 years while as for 16 years of age
it is 30 mg/day. Hence the difference significant as is
evident by p values also.
4. CONCLUSIONS
From the present study it was revealed that anemia is a
major health problem among adolescents especially girls.
Because of lack of proper information regarding dietary
habits adolescents have a habit of skipping their meals
because they are more conscious about their body structure.
It has been found that result of heavy periods and reduced
iron intake. Prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls is high
(34.21%) in underweight participants. The Results of this
study show that the factors such as age, literacy status of
parents, type of family, weight, diet, frequency of intake of
green leafy vegetables and fruits, and menstrual discharge
are the factors contributing to the prevalence of anemia.
Clinical examination showed that girls had signs of various
deficiencies. BMI of adolescent girls was less than the
standard. The intake of all the nutrients was found less than
recommended dietary allowances. So, govt. should promote
awareness programs in schools which will lead to healthy
eating patterns and selection of appropriate foods. They
should also be given education about enhancing factor
intake of vitamin C which helps in the absorption of iron.
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BIOGRAPHIES
The author is Assistant Professor in the
department of Food Technology and
Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani
Science and Technology University,
Bangladesh. He has completed four years
graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in
Applied Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic
University, Bangladesh with First Class and placed 2nd
position. He has almost 6 years of teaching experience and
is currently supervising 19 Master‟s Thesis students and 12
Undergraduate students. He has a national research
connection with different research organizations of
Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food
and Nutrition
The author is a Lecturer in the department
of Food Technology and Nutritional
Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science
and Technology University, Bangladesh.
He has completed four years graduation
B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied
Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic University,
Bangladesh with First Class and placed 1st position. He has
almost 2 years of teaching experience and 3 years working
experiences with development organization and is currently
co-supervising 3 Master‟s thesis students and 8
Undergraduate students. He has a national research
connection with different research organizations of
Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food
and Nutrition. The research interests of the author are child
obesity, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and effect of
excessive drug use on health and its prevention.
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The author is a Lecturer in the department
of Food Technology and Nutritional
Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science
and Technology University, Bangladesh.
He has completed four years graduation
B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied
Nutrition and Food Technology from
Islamic University, Bangladesh with First Class. He has
almost 1 years of teaching. He has a national research
connection with different research organizations of
Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food
and Nutrition. The research interests of the author are
development of functional food, anemia, micronutrient
deficiency and effect of excessive drug use on health and its
prevention
The author has completed four years
graduation B.Sc with honors and MS in
the department of Food Technology and
Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani
Science and Technology University,
Bangladesh. He has received different
training form different departmental and national workshops
and conferences. He is very keen to learn scientific research
in the field of Food and Nutrition
The author is a Research assistant in the
department of Biochemistry and Cell
Biology of Bangladesh University of
Health Sciences, Bangladesh. She has
completed four years graduation B.Sc
with honors and MS in Food
Technology and Nutritional Science from Mawlana
Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
with First Class and front position. She has received
different training from different departmental and national
workshops and conferences. She is very keen to learn
scientific research in the field of Food and Nutrition
The author has completed four years
graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc
in Applied Nutrition and Food
Technology from Islamic University,
Bangladesh. Now he is working as
Nutritionist at BIRDEM General
Hospital Shabagh, Dhaka for 4 years. He does patients
counseling and preparation of diet chart in diabetic and non-
diabetic patients. The research interests of the author are
development of functional food, anemia, micronutrient
deficiency and effect of excessive drug use on health and its
prevention
LIST OF FIGURE AND TABLES
Results are express as (percentage), number; *P < 0.05 show the significant results, χ2 = 16.020.
Fig 1: Relationship of anemia with Body Mass Index
Table 1: Socio-demographic features of the respondent
Variables Categories Frequency Percentage
Age
12 years 15 12.5
13 years 30 25.0
14 years 37 30.8
15 years 22 18.3
16 years 14 11.7
17 years 2 1.7
35.90
9.21
o 0
64.1o
90.79
100 100
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Low(below 18.5 ) 18.5-25.0 25.1-29 >30
Relationship of anemia with BMI
Anemic
Non-anemic
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Mean age (years): 13.9667±1.230 SD; Min: 12 years; max: 17 years
Parents education
Both illiterate 37 30.83
Single literate 51 42.50
Both literate 32 26.67
Family members
Up to 3 members 14 11.6
4-5 members 41 34.2
6-7 members 44 36.7
>8 members 21 17.5
Types of family Nuclear 76 63.3
Joint 44 36.7
Hemoglobin level
Non anemic hb:≥11 99 82.5
Mild anemia hb: 10-10.9 13 10.9
Moderate anemia hb:7-9.9 7 5.8
Severe anemia hb: ˂7 1 0.8
Non anemic 82.5% Anemic 17.5%
Knowledge on iron
deficiency anemia
Yes 17 14.2
No 103 85.8
Table 2: Relationship of anemia with certain condition of the respondent
Categories Percentage of
anemic, n=21
Percentage of non-
anemic, n=99
Statistics
Family types
Nuclear 7(9.21) 69(90.79) χ2
= 10.559
p= 0.014
Joint 14(31.82) 30(68.18)
Family members
Up to 3 1(7.14) 13(92.86)
χ2
= 17.231
p= 0.045
4-5 4(9.76) 37(90.24)
6-7 4(18.18) 36(81.82)
>8 8(38.10) 13(61.90)
Monthly income
<6000 2(66.67) 1(33.33)
χ2
= 42.465
p= 0.000
6000-10000 8(20.0) 32(80.0)
10001-15000 8(14.55) 47(85.55)
15001-20000 3(15.0) 17(85.0)
>20000 0(0) 2(100)
Literacy status of parents
Both illiterate 13(24.53) 40(75.47)
χ2
= 16.020
p= 0.021Single literate 7(17.94) 32(82.05)
Both literate 1(3.57) 27(96.43)
Duration of Blood flow
2 to 3 days 2(7.40) 25(92.59)
χ2
= 11.589
p= 0.0724 to 5 days 8(12.90) 54(87.10)
>5 days 11(35.48) 20(64.52)
Milk/milk based food Daily 1(4.76) 38(38.39) χ2
= 19.934
p= 0.018
Weekly 7(33.33) 42(42.42)
Monthly 13(61.91) 19(19.19)
Fruits Daily 4(19.05) 20(20.20) χ2
= 18.711
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Table 3: Nutritional Intake of Respondents as per 24 Hours Dietary Recall
Nutrients Age in years Anemia
Mean ± SD
Normal
Mean ± SD
RDA P-value
Calories
(kcal)
12 1535±53 1641±189
2060kcal/day
0.523
13 1523±479 1649±192 0.646
14 1465±325 1636±158 0.098
15 1576±253 1651±292 0.699
16 1531±311 1606±244 0.241
Overall 1592±293 1622±255
Iron
(mg)
12 5.19±1.83 8.93±4.72 28mg/day 0.042
13 5.10±1.93 8.72±4.52 0.037
14 5.38±1.64 7.03±2.84 0.048
15 5.11±1.93 7.14±3.32 0.010
16 5.21±4.29 6.55±5.11 30mg/day 0.086
Overall 5.21±3.31 7.05±3.96 0.035
Weekly 5(23.81) 55(55.56) p= 0.028
Monthly 12(57.14) 24(24.24)
Green leafy vegetables Daily 3(14.29) 55(55.56) χ2
= 26.069
p=0.003
Weekly 7(33.33) 35(35.35)
Monthly 11((52.38) 9(9.09)

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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Adolescent Girls

  • 1. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 613 PREVALENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND ITS RISK FACTORS IN TANGAIL REGION OF BANGLADESH Md. Shamim Miah1 , M. Nannur Rahman2 , UK Prodhan2 , MR Linkon2 , Madumita4 , Md. Sidur Rahman5 1 MS Research Student, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.bscmsfn@gmail.com 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.mnannuiu@gmail.com, utpalftns@yahoo.com 3 Lecturer, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh.murtaja.kus@gmail.com 4 Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh.lipi_khan06@yahoo.com 5 Nutritionist, BIRDEM General Hospital Shabagh, Dhaka. saidur.rahman@yahoo.com Abstract Anemia is a significant public health problem in Bangladesh especially in developing countries, affecting the lives of many children, adolescents and women every year. Over the last four decades, data on the prevalence of anemia indicated high in adolescents, without any trend for improvement. Thus the Author undertakes to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and its associated risk factors among adolescent girls. A cross sectional survey was conducted among adolescent girls selected purposively from different non government High School. Hematological parameters, Body Mass Index (BMI), Socioeconomic, demographic and related risk factors were obtained by a well defined questionnaire and appropriate biochemical method. There were 17.5% girls were suffering from iron deficiency anemia. Among them 0.8% severe, 5.8% moderate and 10.9% were mild anemic. In this study 31.82% and 9.21% found anemic in joint and nuclear family. Most of anemic patients found in the family whose family member more than 8. About 66.67 % anemic adolescents were identified whose family’s monthly income less than 6000 TK. About 23.08% anemic respondent’s parents were illiterate. There was a strong relationship between BMI (Body Mass Index) and anemia. The P value of the association was 0.038 is statistically significant. Most of the respondents about 85.8% had no idea about iron deficiency anemia. Most of the anemic were found 5 days or more menstrual blood flow. All the anemic girls usually intake 5.21 mg irons per day that is not available to meet the daily requirement. So it is essential to increase awareness about taking more iron during adolescent period to reduce the prevalence of anemia. Keywords: Anemia, Adolescent Girls, Body Mass Index, Iron, Public Health. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION Adolescence, defined by World Health Organization (WHO) as the period between 10 and 19 years, is an important, formative time which shapes the future of boys' and girls' lives [1]. There are about 1.2 billion adolescents in the world, which is equal to 1/5th of the world‟s population and their numbers are increasing. Out of these, 5 million adolescents are living in developing countries [2]. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys. In our country around 12 percent of the whole populations are adolescent girls. Bangladesh is a society of poor economic infrastructure with male biased social pattern which makes adolescent female a vulnerable group for nutrient deprivation [3]. Adolescence is a “coming of age”, as children grow into young adults. Adolescence is a particularly unique period in life because it is a time of intense physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development. Increased nutritional needs at this juncture relate to the fact that adolescents gain up to 50% of the weight, more than 20% of their adult height, and 50% of their adult skeletal mass during this period. The main nutrition problems affecting adolescent populations worldwide include under nutrition in terms of stunting and thinness, catch-up growth, and intrauterine growth retardation in pre adolescent girls, iron deficiency and anemia, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, calcium deficiency, other specific nutrient deficiencies, e.g. zinc, folate and obesity. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) constitutes the major anemia during adolescent period. Accelerated development, hormonal changes, malnutrition and starting of menstrual periods in girls are major causes in this period.
  • 2. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 614 Because iron is an essential element for the function of various organs, its deficiency may lead to impaired perception and learning difficulties ending up with declined school success. In adolescent, the most frequent cause of megaloblastic anemia is the deficiency of vitamin B12 and folic acid. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain folic acid, but the only source of vitamin B12 is foods of animal origin. Deficiency of vitamin B12 may cause neuropsychiatric problems, impaired behavior, lack of attention, learning difficulties and a decline in the success of the affected students [4]. In developing countries, factors associated with under nutrition of adolescents are: poor household economic condition, periodic food-shortage, child-labour (marker of household income-poverty), burden of disease, poor knowledge about long-term consequences of under nutrition of adolescents, quantity and quality of food, and access to health and nutrition services [5]. In Bangladesh, low family income, education, and periodic food-shortage were associated with inadequate dietary intake which might have led to under nutrition [6]. Dietary knowledge and access to resources are critical to improve health and nutrition in a sustainable way. Adolescence is the time to learn and adopt healthy habits to avoid many health and nutritional problems later in life Adolescents have more easy access to health and nutrition information through schools, recreational activities, and mass media than they have later in their lives Particularly, health and nutrition knowledge and healthy habits of female adolescents will have critical roles to play in maintaining future family health and nutrition [5]. Nutritional deficiencies have far reaching consequences in adolescent girls. If their nutritional needs are not met, they are likely to give birth to undernourished children, thus transmitting under nutrition to future generations [7]. The nutritional anemia in adolescent girls attributes to the high maternal mortality rate, the high incidence of low birth weight babies, high prenatal mortality and the consequent high fertility rates. This phase of life is also important due to the ever-increasing evidence that the control of anemia in pregnant women can be more easily achieved if a satisfactory iron status can be ensured during adolescence [8]. About 43% of the adolescent deaths are related to pregnancy. Pregnancy during adolescence deprives the girls from achieving their full growth according to their genetic potential [9]. One way to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition is to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls prior to conception. The vicious cycle of malnutrition, if not broken, will goes on resulting in more and more severe consequences [10]. Iron deficiency anaemia is considered to be the main type of anaemia among young children in Bangladesh due to poor dietary iron intake. This study, therefore, is aimed at assessing the prevalence of anaemia and its risk factors as we can create awareness among people. 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Study Design A Purposeful Sampling Technique was used to select girls schools from where sample was selected by lottery method. A total number of 120 adolescent girls were selected from different Non- government school of Tangail district in the age group of 12-17years in order to arrive at dependable conclusion 2.2 Development of Questionnaire A questionnaire was developed containing both closed & open ended questions to obtain relevant information on anthropometric, socioeconomic, dietary condition of the adolescent girls. All questions were designed, pretested, modified and resettled to obtain and record information easily. Any modification necessary were then made and a final recoded, pretested questionnaire was drawn up. 2.3 Anthropometric Assessment The anthropometric data were collected based on standard methods. Ages of the respondents were recorded from the registration book of school. Measurements of weight and height were obtained from all subjects. The subjects were weighed wearing minimal cloths and bare footed. Three weight measurements were obtained using a bathroom weighing scale and the average was calculated and recorded to the nearest 0.1 kg. The height was measured with a wooden measuring board without shoes and the average was calculated and recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm. Body Mass Index (BMI) as the best method of measuring the nutritional status of adolescent girls. BMI= 2 minHeight kginWeight 2.4 Socio-Demographic Data Information on demographic and socioeconomic variables was obtained by a structured standard questionnaire. 2.5 Clinical and Bio-Chemical Assessment Clinical examination is the most essential part of all nutrition surveys, essentially the method is based examination the subject for changes, believed to be related various nutrient deficiency that can be seen or felt in superficial epithelial tissues especially skin, eyes, hair, tongue, teeth etc. The Hemoglobin estimation of the all 120 sample was done in collaboration with well reputed clinical laboratory (Sahli‟s method). The reading was compared with WHO standards for classification of anemic samples. 2.6 Menstrual History This section pertained to the menstrual history of the respondents. The questions included in this section were menopausal syndrome, duration of the blood flow & interval between the next menstrual cycles. 2.7 Dietary Behavior Assessment 24 hour recall was used to obtained information regarding the intake of different nutrients such as calories, proteins, calcium, fat and iron. In this the quantity of food consumed by the respondents in terms of household measures (cup,
  • 3. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 615 spoons, ladles, serving spoons, katories, plates etc) was recorded. Subjects were asked to recall the actual food consumed during last 24 hours and this was recorded on the diet sheet. The quantity was measured through these standardized containers. These were later converted into metric weight and the nutritive value was calculated using food consumption table. 2.8 Data Analysis The data set were first checked, cleaned and entered into the computer from the numerical codes on the form. The data was edited if there is any discrepancy and then cleaned it. The frequency distributions of the entire variables were checked by using SPSS 16.0 windows program. For tabular, charts and graphical representation Microsoft word and Microsoft excel were used. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 3.1 Socio-Demographic Features of the Respondent In this cross sectional study a total of 120 adolescent girls were attend for the studied. The mean age (years, mean ± SD) of those participants was 13.9667±1.230. Among the participants 12.5% participants were 12 years, 25.0% participants were 13 years, 30.8% participants were 14 years, 18.3% were participants 15 years, 11.7% participants were 16 years and 1.7% participants were 17 years old. The level of education 30.83% of both father and mother were illiterate, and 42.50% of them were single literate and 26.67% of both father and mother were literate. All respondent‟s family size was divided into 4 groups. Among them 11.6% had up to 3 members in their family, 34.2% had 4-5 members in their family, 36.7% had 6-7 members in their family and 17.5% had more than 8 members in their family. All respondent‟s family had divided into 2 groups. Among them 63.3% were nuclear family and 36.7% were joint family. Table 1 also shows that among 120 respondents only 0.8% were severe anemic, 5.8% were moderate anemic, 10.9% were mild anemic and the rest 82.5% respondents were non-anemic. While questioning about the problem of iron deficiency 85.8% of participants answered no i.e. they had no idea about the problem of iron deficiency and the rest of 14.2% participants answered yes that means they had idea about the problem of iron deficiency. 3.2 Relationship of Anemia with Certain Condition of the Respondent The distribution of respondents according to their type of family is shown in Table 2 the nuclear family setup has emerged as the main pattern of families during current years thus vanishing the joint setup. Within group analysis table shows that majority 31.82 percent of girls in the anemic group were belonging from Joint type of family, whereas in the normal group respondents were distributed as 90.79% nuclear family. The association between the two groups with respect to type of family was found statistically significant as the p value (p= 0.014) is less than the level of significance 0.05. The family size plays an important role in dietary intake of individuals. Table 2 envisages that almost 38.10 percent of the respondents having anemia were from the families having family size of more than eight members. A gradual decrease in percentage of anemic girls was seen in groups as the family size gets reducing. Significant association was found between two groups and the family size, suggesting that both the groups are effected by family size (p= 0.045). The table 2 shows that the numbers of anemic is higher in low income group, but at the same time normal are also equally high in this income group. A slight difference in percentages cannot be taken as significant which is evident from chi-square value and p value (p=0.000) of the test of association. It is common belief that educated parents are conscious of giving their children the requisite and balanced diet. Almost 24.53% of the girls among anemic group were those having both the parents illiterate and 3.57% were respondents in the anemic group whose parents were literate. It can also be seen from the table that there is decline in percentage of anemic girls when both the parents are illiterate as against when at least one of them is literate. Inter group comparison shows that in totality the highest percentage 24.53% of anemic respondents had parents illiterate. To justify the fact statistically, whether educational status of parents does influence the anemic condition, chi-square test was employed which shows that there is significant association (p=0.021). Further, in case of anemic group the lowest percentage i.e, 7.40% had duration of blood flow of 2-3 days and highest percentage i.e 35.48% had duration of blood flow for more than 5 days. In case of normal group, lowest percentage i.e 64.52% the duration of blood flow more than 5 days. Table 2 also shows consumption of milk, fruits and green leafy vegetables by the respondents. In anemic group the lowest percentages i.e 4.76%, 19.05% and 14.29% consumed milk or milk based products, fruits and green leafy vegetables daily. The highest percentages among anemic group i.e 61.91%, 57.14% and 52.38% consumed milk or milk based products, fruits and green leafy vegetables irregularly.. In order to ascertain whether there is any association between the two groups with respect to the consumption of milk or milk based products, fruits and green leafy vegetables by the respondents, chi-square test was employed which show that there is statistically significant association (p= 0.018, p= 0.028 and p=0.003) between the two groups. The figure 1 describes the body mass index of respondents studied. The lowest percentage of anemic group i. e 9.21% (exception 0%) belongs to ideal weight category and highest percentage i. e 35.90% belongs to underweight category. While same observations were found in normal group, the lowest percentage i. e 64.10% belongs to underweight groups and highest percentages i. e 100% and 90.79%belongs to overweight and normal groups. In order to ascertain whether there is any association between the two groups with respect to their Body Mass Index (BMI) chi-square test was employed which shows that there is statistically significant association (p=0. 038) between the two groups.
  • 4. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 616 3.3 Relation between Anemia and Nutritional Intake of Respondents as per 24 Hours Dietary Recall The data presented in table 3 show the nutrient intake among respondents of various age groups (13-17 years). The caloric intake of normal group was 1622 kcal and for anemic group was almost same 1592 kcal. Interval variation was not much as given by the values of standard deviation of two groups‟ i. e, 255 kcal 293 kcal respectively. Comparison of mean caloric intake by respondents and prescribed value by RDA show difference is insignificant across all age groups. The overall mean iron intake in case of anemic group 5.21 mg while as that of the normal respondents was 7.05gm in both the cases intake is much lower than RDA values. Where in 28mg/day is prescribed for the age group of 13-15 years while as for 16 years of age it is 30 mg/day. Hence the difference significant as is evident by p values also. 4. CONCLUSIONS From the present study it was revealed that anemia is a major health problem among adolescents especially girls. Because of lack of proper information regarding dietary habits adolescents have a habit of skipping their meals because they are more conscious about their body structure. It has been found that result of heavy periods and reduced iron intake. Prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls is high (34.21%) in underweight participants. The Results of this study show that the factors such as age, literacy status of parents, type of family, weight, diet, frequency of intake of green leafy vegetables and fruits, and menstrual discharge are the factors contributing to the prevalence of anemia. Clinical examination showed that girls had signs of various deficiencies. BMI of adolescent girls was less than the standard. The intake of all the nutrients was found less than recommended dietary allowances. So, govt. should promote awareness programs in schools which will lead to healthy eating patterns and selection of appropriate foods. They should also be given education about enhancing factor intake of vitamin C which helps in the absorption of iron. REFERENCES [1]. World Health Organisation (2000). Young People's Health-A Challenge for Society. Report of a WHO Study Group on Young People and Health for All by the Year [2]. Mathur J.S.S. (2007). Preventive and Social Medicine, A comprehensive text book.1st ed. New Delhi: CBS Publishers and Distributors; 382-89. [3]. UNICEF (2008). Adolescent Empowerment Project in Bangladesh [4]. Yasemin I. B., Karabulut M.A. , Gurses M.D., Pediatr I.J. (2012). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anemia among Adolescents in Denizli, Turkey, March; 22(1): 77–81. [5]. Kurz K.M. and Welch C. (1994). „The nutrition and lives of girls in developing countries: findings from the nutrition of adolescent girls research program. Washington, DC: International Center for Research on Women. [6]. Abdullah M. and Wheeler E.F. (1985) „Seasonal variations and the intra-household distribution of food in a Bangladeshi village‟. Am J Clin Nutr. 41:1305–13. [7]. Naeya R.L. (1981). Teenaged and pre-teenage pregnancies consequences of the fetal maternal competition for nutrients Paediatrics; 67:146-150. [8]. Kaur S., Deshmukh P.R., Garg B.S. (2006). Epidemiological correlates of nutritional anaemia in adolescent girls of rural Wardha. Indian J Community Med; 31:255-58. [9]. Pathak P., Singh P., Kapil U., Raghuvanshi R.S., (2003). Prevalence of iron,vitamin A and iodine deficiencies amongst adolescent pregnant mothers. Indian J Paediatr; 70: 299-301. [10]. Brabin L. and Brabin B.J. (1992). „The cost of successful adolescent growth and development in girls in relation to in relation to iron and vitamin A status‟ Am J Clin Nutr; 55:955-958. BIOGRAPHIES The author is Assistant Professor in the department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic University, Bangladesh with First Class and placed 2nd position. He has almost 6 years of teaching experience and is currently supervising 19 Master‟s Thesis students and 12 Undergraduate students. He has a national research connection with different research organizations of Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food and Nutrition The author is a Lecturer in the department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic University, Bangladesh with First Class and placed 1st position. He has almost 2 years of teaching experience and 3 years working experiences with development organization and is currently co-supervising 3 Master‟s thesis students and 8 Undergraduate students. He has a national research connection with different research organizations of Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food and Nutrition. The research interests of the author are child obesity, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and effect of excessive drug use on health and its prevention.
  • 5. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 617 The author is a Lecturer in the department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic University, Bangladesh with First Class. He has almost 1 years of teaching. He has a national research connection with different research organizations of Bangladesh and has several publications in the field of Food and Nutrition. The research interests of the author are development of functional food, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and effect of excessive drug use on health and its prevention The author has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and MS in the department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. He has received different training form different departmental and national workshops and conferences. He is very keen to learn scientific research in the field of Food and Nutrition The author is a Research assistant in the department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh. She has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and MS in Food Technology and Nutritional Science from Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh with First Class and front position. She has received different training from different departmental and national workshops and conferences. She is very keen to learn scientific research in the field of Food and Nutrition The author has completed four years graduation B.Sc with honors and M.Sc in Applied Nutrition and Food Technology from Islamic University, Bangladesh. Now he is working as Nutritionist at BIRDEM General Hospital Shabagh, Dhaka for 4 years. He does patients counseling and preparation of diet chart in diabetic and non- diabetic patients. The research interests of the author are development of functional food, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and effect of excessive drug use on health and its prevention LIST OF FIGURE AND TABLES Results are express as (percentage), number; *P < 0.05 show the significant results, χ2 = 16.020. Fig 1: Relationship of anemia with Body Mass Index Table 1: Socio-demographic features of the respondent Variables Categories Frequency Percentage Age 12 years 15 12.5 13 years 30 25.0 14 years 37 30.8 15 years 22 18.3 16 years 14 11.7 17 years 2 1.7 35.90 9.21 o 0 64.1o 90.79 100 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Low(below 18.5 ) 18.5-25.0 25.1-29 >30 Relationship of anemia with BMI Anemic Non-anemic
  • 6. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 618 Mean age (years): 13.9667±1.230 SD; Min: 12 years; max: 17 years Parents education Both illiterate 37 30.83 Single literate 51 42.50 Both literate 32 26.67 Family members Up to 3 members 14 11.6 4-5 members 41 34.2 6-7 members 44 36.7 >8 members 21 17.5 Types of family Nuclear 76 63.3 Joint 44 36.7 Hemoglobin level Non anemic hb:≥11 99 82.5 Mild anemia hb: 10-10.9 13 10.9 Moderate anemia hb:7-9.9 7 5.8 Severe anemia hb: ˂7 1 0.8 Non anemic 82.5% Anemic 17.5% Knowledge on iron deficiency anemia Yes 17 14.2 No 103 85.8 Table 2: Relationship of anemia with certain condition of the respondent Categories Percentage of anemic, n=21 Percentage of non- anemic, n=99 Statistics Family types Nuclear 7(9.21) 69(90.79) χ2 = 10.559 p= 0.014 Joint 14(31.82) 30(68.18) Family members Up to 3 1(7.14) 13(92.86) χ2 = 17.231 p= 0.045 4-5 4(9.76) 37(90.24) 6-7 4(18.18) 36(81.82) >8 8(38.10) 13(61.90) Monthly income <6000 2(66.67) 1(33.33) χ2 = 42.465 p= 0.000 6000-10000 8(20.0) 32(80.0) 10001-15000 8(14.55) 47(85.55) 15001-20000 3(15.0) 17(85.0) >20000 0(0) 2(100) Literacy status of parents Both illiterate 13(24.53) 40(75.47) χ2 = 16.020 p= 0.021Single literate 7(17.94) 32(82.05) Both literate 1(3.57) 27(96.43) Duration of Blood flow 2 to 3 days 2(7.40) 25(92.59) χ2 = 11.589 p= 0.0724 to 5 days 8(12.90) 54(87.10) >5 days 11(35.48) 20(64.52) Milk/milk based food Daily 1(4.76) 38(38.39) χ2 = 19.934 p= 0.018 Weekly 7(33.33) 42(42.42) Monthly 13(61.91) 19(19.19) Fruits Daily 4(19.05) 20(20.20) χ2 = 18.711
  • 7. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Issue: 06| Jun-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 619 Table 3: Nutritional Intake of Respondents as per 24 Hours Dietary Recall Nutrients Age in years Anemia Mean ± SD Normal Mean ± SD RDA P-value Calories (kcal) 12 1535±53 1641±189 2060kcal/day 0.523 13 1523±479 1649±192 0.646 14 1465±325 1636±158 0.098 15 1576±253 1651±292 0.699 16 1531±311 1606±244 0.241 Overall 1592±293 1622±255 Iron (mg) 12 5.19±1.83 8.93±4.72 28mg/day 0.042 13 5.10±1.93 8.72±4.52 0.037 14 5.38±1.64 7.03±2.84 0.048 15 5.11±1.93 7.14±3.32 0.010 16 5.21±4.29 6.55±5.11 30mg/day 0.086 Overall 5.21±3.31 7.05±3.96 0.035 Weekly 5(23.81) 55(55.56) p= 0.028 Monthly 12(57.14) 24(24.24) Green leafy vegetables Daily 3(14.29) 55(55.56) χ2 = 26.069 p=0.003 Weekly 7(33.33) 35(35.35) Monthly 11((52.38) 9(9.09)