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VOL. 9, ISSUE 3 (2023)
Association between dietary intake with serum haemoglobin and calcium level among rural pre-Menopausal women
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Adithya Girijavallabhan, Niranchana R, Shruthi S, Surya S, Syed Rubina Fatima, Premagowri B
Abstract
Among the various aspects of health promotion and lifestyle adaptation
during the premenopausal period, nutritional habits are essential because they
concern all women, can be modified, and impact both longevity and quality of
life. Significant micronutrient deficiencies for menopausal women commonly are
calcium and iron. Hence the present study was aimed to find the association
between dietary intake with serum haemoglobin and calcium level among rural
pre-menopausal women. Questionnaire was framed to collect the data regarding
socioeconomic status, anthropometric, biochemical profile, 24-hour diet recall.
Nearly 130 premenopausal women belongs to Vedapatti suburb area were the study
subjects. Among them around 39% were mild anaemic and 14% were with low calcium
levels. It was observed that 53% were overweight and 7% were obesity. It was
analysed that the dietary calcium intake is weakly associated with serum
calcium levels (.318), whereas dietary iron intake is strongly associated with
serum haemoglobin levels (.718), p value significant at <0.05. It is
evident that poor intake of iron rich sources leads to low haemoglobin levels.
Regarding calcium aging has myriad effects on calcium homeostasis and
metabolism. Hence, we conclude that awareness on micronutrient deficiencies
should be a fundamental necessity to improve the nutritional status of rural
women at premenopausal age. Prime importance must also be given to
premenopausal age group women as given for pregnant and lactating women.
Furthermore, it is requested that the guidelines for the premenopausal age
group are essential to be provided from the higher authorities for the
betterment of the premenopausal age group women.
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Pages:24-28
How to cite this article:
Adithya Girijavallabhan, Niranchana R, Shruthi S, Surya S, Syed Rubina Fatima, Premagowri B "Association between dietary intake with serum haemoglobin and calcium level among rural pre-Menopausal women". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 9, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 24-28
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