Malnutrition status and anemia on children under 24 months at DongKor district Phnom Penh-Cambodia
- Author:
Rin -- Keo
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malnutrition;
Anemia;
Children;
Hemoglobin low;
Assessment;
Cambodia
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status, Anemia, Malnutrition, Child, Cambodia
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2005;36(3):71-76
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The crosssectional study to acess on nutritional status and anemia in 438 children under 24 months. It is showed that: The rate of malnutrition in indicators are: Weight for Age ( W/A) 41 %, Hight for Age (H/A) 42.2% and Weight for Hight ( W/H) 14.9%. The rate malnutrition of children under 24 month olds in 4 communities at country of Phnom Penh which is higher than threshold of World Health Organization. Total rate of anemia based on lower hemoglobin level (<11g/dl) is 59%. Mild anemia is 21%, moderate is 35.4 % and severe is 1.9%. The children with anemia is more likely have malnutrition by 1.8 times (OR=1.82) compare to the children without anemia.
