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C Colomer

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PubMed1990

Anaemia during pregnancy as a risk factor for infant iron deficiency: report from the Valencia Infant Anaemia Cohort (VIAC) study.

A prospective cohort study with a 1-year follow-up of 156 neonates was carried out specifically designed to test the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship between iron deficiency during pregnancy and the development of the same disease in newborn infants. Exposure was defined as being born of a mother with ferropenic anaemia at delivery, and cases as the infants who developed iron deficiency during their first year of life. A statistically significant positive association was detected with an odds ratio of 6.57 (95% confidence limits 1.81-25.97). A stratified analysis was also performed to control the effect of potential confounders such as socio-economic variables, feeding practices and other factors linked with the iron status of infants. This second analytical procedure showed no alteration in the association detected in the simple analysis but that there was a statistically significant strong interaction between the quantity of cow's milk intake and the ferropenic status of the mother. These results show a relationship between iron deficiency of the mother at delivery and the development of iron deficiency in the infants. These new findings could be important in the development of new prevention programmes applied to pregnant women.

Anemia, Hypochromic↗
PubMed1990

[Presence of caries and periodontal disease in Spanish students. Overview of results obtained in different localities].

Results of our survey in 11 locations of Spain are assembled in an overview showing percentages of persons according to the highest C.P.I.T.N. code defected for each one, the prevalence of caries-free-children and mean D.M.F.T. scores. We have also studied the differences between urban and rural populations. Rural children presented higher D.M.F.T. an D.T. scores.

Adolescent↗
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[Health indicators in urban areas. Variations in function of social coherence of the geographic areas used].

The detection of health inequalities in the urban environment and their magnitude depends to a great extent on the internal social coherence of the geographical division used. Using an existing social map of Alicante which divides the city into Basic Units for Social Intervention (BUSI), we have compared the distribution of an indicator with wellknown relationship with the socio-economic level such as Low Birth Weight, using both the BUSI and the municipal districts as analysis units. The data of the newborn were obtained from the records of the Hospital of Alicante corresponding to the years 1985, 1986 and 1987, analysing the 177 Low Birth Weights of the 7,728 born within the period. Using the BUSI we found a dose-response relationship between the socio-economic level and the LBW frequency with a range varying from 86.3 to 123.2. Using the municipal districts, the range varied from 62.5 to 159.6. We conclude that, although the geographical divisions with internal social coherence are better to detect health inequalities, municipal districts can be an analysis unit of easy access and useful for describing inequalities in the cities.

Health Status Indicators↗