Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia among University Students in Hodeida Province, Yemen
Table 1
Levels of Hb, MCV, SF, SI, and TIBC parameters and prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among Yemeni University students according to age and gender.
Parameters
Nonanemic students
IDA students
p value
Male
%
Female
%
Male
%
Female
%
Gender
256
78.5
92
54.0
70
21.5
82
46.0
<0.001
Age by years
17–19
12
4.7
24
26.1
10
14.3
28
34.1
<0.001
20–22
189
73.8
54
58.7
45
64.3
45
54.9
23–25
55
21.5
14
15.2
15
21.4
09
11.0
Hb (g/dL) Mean ± SD
14.41 ± 0.84
13.10 ± 0.60
12.00 ± 0.80
10.82 ± 0.63
<0.001
MCV (fL) Mean ± SD
87.80 ± 6.20
88.44 ± 4.00
72.40 ± 4.45
72.30 ± 3.45
<0.001
SF (ng/ml) Median IQR
41.00 (33.63, 48.90)
34.50 (33.05, 37.30)
5.35 (3.65, 8.00)
5.8 (4.41, 7.93)
<0.001
SI (µmol/L) Median IQR
31.95 (29.10, 33.03)
28.2 (25.03, 29.70)
11.20 (9.00, 12.00)
9.3 (8.10, 10.74)
<0.001
TIBC (µmol/L) Median IQR
59.65 (47.65, 70.20)
74.6 (52.70, 76.30)
108.1 (96.75, 113.95)
111.0 (102.1, 115.84)
<0.001
IDA = iron deficiency anemia; Hb = hemoglobin; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; SI = serum iron; SF = serum ferritin; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile rang.
