Academic achievement of elementary school-aged children with pre-anemic iron-deficiency
Background Relationship between iron deficiency and cognitive function has been investigated in many studies, but they usually focused on iron deficiency anemia. Brain iron storage might have already decreased before anemia exist. Objectives To investigate the prevalence of pre-anemic irondeficiency...
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Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House,
2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Background Relationship between iron deficiency and cognitive function has been investigated in many studies, but they usually focused on iron deficiency anemia. Brain iron storage might have already decreased before anemia exist. Objectives To investigate the prevalence of pre-anemic irondeficiency in school-aged children and to determine whether this condition is a risk factor for low academic achievement. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 87 subjects of znd,6th grade in SDN 04 Petang, Kramat, Senen, Jakarta on August 2008. The subjects underwent peripheral blood and ferritin serum concentration examinations. Twentynine subjects who suffered from anemia were excluded. The remaining 58 subjects were classified into normal body iron status group and preanemic iron-deficiency group. Results The prevalence of pre-anemic iron-deficiency in SDN 04 Petang, Kramat was 6%. The prevalence ratio to determine whether pre-anemic iron-deficiency was a risk factor for low academic achievement could not be calculated because the minimal sample number required was not reached. There was no relationship between pre-anemic iron-deficiency and low academic achievement for mathematics, Indonesian language, science, and social science. Conclusions The prevalence of pre-anemic iron-deficiency in SDN 04 Petang, Kramat Senen Jakarta was 6%. This study is not able to determine whether pre-anemic iron-deficiency is a risk factor for low academic achievement in school-aged children; therefore further study with more efforts to detect the presence of iron deficiency in children with inflammation is needed. |
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| Item Description: | 0030-9311 2338-476X 10.14238/pi49.4.2009.209-13 |