title: Prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among children below five years of age in Cape Verde, West Africa.
abstract: This study estimated the prevalence of anaemia and associated factors in a probability sample of 993 chil- dren aged 6-59 months in Cape Verde, West Africa. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were estimated from a hierarchical model for multiple analysis to assess the association between anaemia and explanatory variables. The prevalence of anaemia was 51.8% (95% CI 47.7-55.8). Children who resided within poor household conditions (OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.06-3.71) were below 24 months of age (OR 3.23; 95% CI 2.03-5.15) and recently experienced diarrhoea (OR 1.58; 95% CI 0.99-2.50) were at high risk of anaemia. Anaemia should be considered a serious public-health concern in Cape Verde, mainly for chil- dren below 24 months. Further, special consideration should be given to children who have experienced recent diarrhoea and belong to families residing in poor household conditions.
authors.forename: Rosa M L
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Semedo
authors.forename: Marta M A S
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Mirian R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Baião
authors.forename: Ronir R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Luiz
authors.forename: Gloria V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: da Veiga
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055726:Cabo Verde / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors