title: [Anemia and nutritional status of infants from two to five months of age treated in facilities of the Ministry of Health of Peru, 2012].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determine the characteristics of the levels of anemia in infants from two to five months of age treated in facilities of the Ministry of Health of Peru during 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study uses the nutritional status information system of the National Center for Food and Nutrition, National Institute of Health of Peru in 2012. Records of 7,513 infants from two to five months of age treated in small outpatient clinics, centers and hospitals of the Ministry of Health of Peru's 25 regions were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression techniques were used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  10.2% (95% CI 9.5-10.9) of the infants had anemia, with frequency differences by month of age (p<0.001), altitude, (p<0.001) regions (p<0.001) and type of facility (p<0.001). In the multivariate analysis, factors associated with anemia were: age of 4 months (OR 1.2; 95% CI 1.0-1.5), age of 5 months (OR 1.4; 95% CI 1.2-1.6), obesity (OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.5-1.0) and chronic malnutrition (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.0-1.6).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of anemia and chronic malnutrition before 6 months of age was evidenced, as well as that the probability of anemia increases with age and is associated with some components of nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez-Guizado
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Munares-García
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010568:Peru