Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Among the 200 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years examined, iron deficiency anemia was detected in 28% and latent iron deficiency in 30%. The presence of anemia was confirmed by laboratory indicators. Risk factors for the development of iron deficiency anemia in girls were heavy and prolonged menstruation, fasting, refusal to eat meat, intense physical activity, gastritis and colitis, and in boys pubertal growth spurt, intense physical activity, refusal to eat meat.
Source: Yakut Medical Journal
Authors: A. V. Aleksandrova, O. N. Ivanova, E. N. Sivtseva, L. A. Nikolaeva
Institution: North-Eastern Federal University
Language: English
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414708016