Predictors of anaemia among adolescent schoolchildren of Ghana.

Lucas, Gosdin,; Katie, Tripp,; Abraham B, Mahama,; Kate, Quarshie,; Esi Foriwa, Amoaful,; Lilian, Selenje,; Deepika, Sharma,; Maria Elena, Jefferds,; Andrea J, Sharma,; Ralph D, Whitehead,; Parminder S, Suchdev,; Usha, Ramakrishnan,; Reynaldo, Martorell,; O Yaw, Addo,

doi:10.1017/jns.2020.35

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Predictors of anaemia among adolescent schoolchildren of Ghana.

Published in Journal of nutritional science • Jan 1, 2020

Authors:

Gosdin, Lucas

Tripp, Katie

Mahama, Abraham B

Abstract

Anaemia is a public health problem in Ghana. We sought to identify factors associated with haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and anaemia among school-attending adolescents. We analysed data from 2948 adolescent girls and 609 boys (10-19 years) selected from 115 schools from regions of Ghana as a second...

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95 % CIs

95 % confidence intervals

Adolescent nutrition

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