title: Prevalence of anemia and correlated factors in the reproductive age women in rural areas of tabas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find out the prevalence and relationship of anemia in reproductive age women in rural area of Tabas, center of Iran. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem, affecting about 41.8% of pregnant and 30.2% of non-pregnant women worldwide.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted on the random sample of 382 reproductive age women in rural areas of Tabas in March 2010. Independent sample t-test, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and logistic regression were applied for the data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The obtained data revealed a total response rate of 13.8% for prevalence of anemia, while 14.5% and 5.9% belonged to non-pregnant and pregnant participants, respectively. Low socioeconomic status (odds ratio 3.35) and high parity index (odds ratio 2.31) were associated with higher prevalence of anemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although this study was conducted in a rural area of Tabas, where their average incomes were lower than average income of major cities in Iran, the prevalence of anemia was lower than the rate reported in previous studies carried out in other locations of Iran, even in high risk (pregnant women) groups.
authors: Department of Disaster Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Majid
authors: M
authors: Sadeghian
authors: Department of Disaster Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Fatourechi
authors: Department of Disaster Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Lesanpezeshki
authors: Department of Disaster Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Elham
authors: E
authors: Ahmadnezhad
keywords: Anemia; Iran; Reproductive Age Women