Panyang Rita, Teli Anju Barhai, Saikia Sidhartha Protim
Department of Paediatrics, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Department of Biochemistry, Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2018 Jul-Aug;7(4):734-738. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_274_17.
Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells becomes insufficient to meet the body's physiologic needs. Anemia is one of the major public health problems in India. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence and determinants of anemia among the adult females of tea garden community of Assam.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 770 numbers of adult females belonging to the tea garden community. For all the samples, complete blood count, abnormal hemoglobin variants screening by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), serum iron level, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), and serum ferritin concentrations were determined.
Out of 770 patients, 19.7% were severely anemic. Hb S and β-thalassemia were the only hemoglobin types detected in the study. Hemoglobin type, mean corpuscular volume, TIBC, and serum ferritin level were the important determinants of anemia in the present study.
To reduce the burden of anemia among the adult females of tea garden community, the females should be screened periodically, and appropriate measures should be taken.
贫血是一种红细胞数量不足以满足身体生理需求的病症。贫血是印度主要的公共卫生问题之一。本研究的目的是找出阿萨姆邦茶园社区成年女性中贫血的患病率及其决定因素。
对770名茶园社区成年女性进行了一项基于社区的横断面研究。对所有样本进行了全血细胞计数、通过高效液相色谱法（HPLC）筛查异常血红蛋白变体、测定血清铁水平、总铁结合力（TIBC）以及血清铁蛋白浓度。
在770名患者中，19.7%为重度贫血。本研究中检测到的血红蛋白类型仅为Hb S和β地中海贫血。血红蛋白类型、平均红细胞体积、TIBC和血清铁蛋白水平是本研究中贫血的重要决定因素。
为减轻茶园社区成年女性的贫血负担，应定期对女性进行筛查，并采取适当措施。
