title: Risk and Prevalence of Anemia among Women Attending Public and Private Universities.
abstract: Anemia is a global public health problem. Women are known to be more susceptible to anemia; however, no controlled study has yet assessed differences in the prevalence of anemia exclusively among women with higher education. The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of anemia among women attending universities. The hemoglobin concentration of 140 women aged 18 to 45 years old from a private and a public university was measured. Anthropometric and socioeconomic data were also collected. The risk of developing anemia was almost threefold higher among the students attending the public university (OR: 2.71; p=.0248). The prevalence of anemia was much higher than in the overall female population (79%). The higher education was not a protective factor for anemia in women when analysed separately from the total population of women.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nutrition , University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Lília Maria Monteiro
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: De Oliveira E Silva
authors.forename: Marcia Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dos Santos Beserra Pessoa
authors.forename: Marcos Antônio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Da Mota Araújo
authors.forename: Regilda Saraiva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dos Reis Moreira-Araújo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins
keywords: anemia; higher education; public university; women