PREVALENCE OF NUTRITIONAL ANEMIA IN MUMBAI, 3- YEAR STUDY DONE IN INDIAN REFERENCE LABORATORY

Abstract

Introduction: - Anemia is major health problem which affects children, women of reproductive age groups to a signicant extent. This study was done to study prevalence of anemia in Mumbai across different age groups. Aims And Objectives: - To study prevalence of nutritional anemia in Mumbai with respect to age group & gender To compare prevalence of vitamin B12 deciency anemia with iron deciency anemia To establish correlation between RBC indices with serum Iron & Serum B12 levels Method: - We did a retrospective analysis of serum iron prole, CBC, Vitamin B12, Folic acid data obtained in referral laboratory in Mumbai over a span of 3 years (2019-2021). Population studied belonged to Mumbai metropolitan region. CBC was analyzed on DXH Coulter. Serum Iron, serum ferritin, TIBC, Vitamin B12 &serum folic acid were analyzed on Cobas analyzers. We compared & correlated results according to gender & age Results: - Prevalence of low serum Iron & serum ferritin was seen in females as compared to males (P< 0.001). However low levels of vitamin B12 was signicantly seen in males as compared to females (P<0.001). Low serum iron, Ferritin, MCH, MCV and high TIBC were signicantly associated with low Hemoglobin (P<0.001)