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Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are not uncommon in children, especially in newborns. AIM:1) Determine influence of nutrition type in development of IDA during the first half of newborns period. 2) Determine influence of other factors (sex, residence, birth-weight-BW) in development of anemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was performed from January 1995 to December 1997, and it included 101 newborns, 6 months old, with suspected anemia. RESULTS: Anemia was found in 72 (71, 28%) of the newborns. Our study population included 50 female newborns, and 36 (72%) of them had anemia; there were 51 male newborns and 36 (70, 58%) of them had anemia. Fifty-seven newborns in the study population came from urban areas and 39 among them had anemia; 44 newborns from rural areas and 33 them had anemia. When we compared incidence of anemia and BW among 10 newborns with BW<2500g, all of them had anemia; 62 newborns with BW>2500g. Having examined relation between anemia and nutrition type during first 6 months of life, we found following results. Nineteen newborns had breast-feeding, and 16 of them showed anemia; breast-feeding and additional 2/3 cow milk in 43 newborns, and 40 of them had anemia. Statistical data processing led to following CONCLUSIONS: 1) there is statistically significant lower incidence of anemia in newborns with additional adapted milk formula compared to those with breast-feeding only, or those with breast-feeding with additional cow milk; 2) there is statistically significant greater incidence of anemia in newborns with BW<2500g; 3) there is statistically significant difference in incidence of anemia between male and female newborns; 4) there is no statistically significant difference in incidence of anemia between urban and rural newborns.
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Influence of Nutrition Type in Development of Iron/Deficiency Anemia in Newborns. Pediatr Res 45 (Suppl 5), 760 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199905010-00133
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199905010-00133