Association of diarrhea with anemia among children under age five living in rural areas of Indonesia

摘要: The high incidence of anemia infection among children in developing countries is not well characterized. We investigated the relationship between diarrhea, fever and other risk factors for young community. was examined a cross-sectional study 85 229 children, aged 6-59 months, from impoverished families rural areas Indonesia. prevalence 56.1% subjects. Those considered anemic were more likely to be younger, male, stunted, underweight, wasted, have low maternal paternal education current diarrhea or history previous 7 days compared with without (all P < 0.0001). In separate multivariate models adjusted age, sex, stunting, age education, weekly per capita household expenditure, (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.07-1.325, 0.0001) 1.16, 1.09-1.25, associated an increased anemia. similar models, had borderline association 1.14, 0.98-1.32, = 0.09). conclude that contributing factor living