Incidence of anemia in women in fishing villages.
Studies were made on the incidence of anemia among women in fishing villages in Tokushima prefecture. In 839 women in the fishing villages, the mean values for hemoglobin (Hb) and the hematocrit (Ht) were 12.5 +/- 1.3 g/dl and 37.9 +/- 3.3%, respectively, and the incidence of anemia was 20.1%. The incidence of anemia was high in elderly women. In 158 women in the fishing villages, the mean serum level of iron was 80.0 +/- 41.6 micrograms/dl and the incidences of iron deficiency anemia in the women with serum iron levels of under 50 and 70 micrograms/dl were as high as 25.9 and 41.1%, respectively. Almost all women with Hb values of under 11.0 g/dl had iron-deficiency anemia. The mean values for the total iron binding capacity (TIBC), unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC) and percentage iron saturation, were 365.6 +/- 65.1, 286.3 +/- 92.8 micrograms/dl and 23.3 +/- 13.0%, respectively. The incidence of anemia was 40.0% in the women with percentage iron saturation value of under 20%.
Fujii
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School of Medical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Japan.
Miyoshi
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Tada
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Goto
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Ishimoto
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors
D006454:Hemoglobins