Goodarzi Elham, Beiranvand Reza, Naemi Hasan, Darvishi Isan, Khazaei Zaher
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Student Research Committee, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.
Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2020 Jul;63(4):497-505. doi: 10.5468/ogs.19196. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
Anemia is a major problem in developing countries, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the human development index (HDI) and the prevalence of anemia among Asian women.
This was a descriptive-analytic ecological study. The study analyzed data including HDI and prevalence of anemia extracted from the World Bank. The correlation coefficient and analysis of variance were used for data analysis. The significance level was considered to be less than 0.05. Analyses were performed using Stata-14 software.
The results revealed that the prevalence of anemia in women of reproductive age (R=-0.626, P<0.001), pregnant women (R=-0.576, P<0.001) and non-pregnant women (R=-0.623, P<0.0001) was significantly negatively correlated with HDI index. In the analysis of HDI components and the prevalence of anemia, a significant negative correlation was observed between the prevalence of anemia and the mean years of schooling, life expectancy at birth, and expected years of schooling indices in all 3 groups of women (non-pregnant, pregnant, and of reproductive age) (P<0.05).
Since there was a negative correlation between the prevalence of anemia in women and HDI, paying greater attention to factors which influence anemia may contribute to the prevention of anemia in developing countries.
贫血是发展中国家的一个主要问题，本研究的目的是调查人类发展指数（HDI）与亚洲女性贫血患病率之间的关系。
这是一项描述性分析生态研究。该研究分析了从世界银行提取的包括HDI和贫血患病率在内的数据。采用相关系数和方差分析进行数据分析。显著性水平设定为小于0.05。使用Stata - 14软件进行分析。
结果显示，育龄妇女（R = - 0.626，P < 0.001）、孕妇（R = - 0.576，P < 0.001）和非孕妇（R = - 0.623，P < 0.0001）的贫血患病率与HDI指数显著负相关。在HDI组成部分与贫血患病率的分析中，在所有三组女性（非孕妇、孕妇和育龄妇女）中，贫血患病率与平均受教育年限、出生时预期寿命和预期受教育年限指数之间均观察到显著负相关（P < 0.05）。
由于女性贫血患病率与HDI之间存在负相关，更加关注影响贫血的因素可能有助于发展中国家预防贫血。
