Article Sidebar

PDF
Date Published: 28/12/2025
Online Published: 09/12/2025
Abstract Views: 7
Views PDF: 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56283/1859-0381/976
Issue
Vol. 21 No. 6 (2025)
Section
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
How to Cite
1.
VU TT. PREVALENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN AGED 1-15 YEARS AT THE NUTRITION CLINIC, VINMEC TIMES CITY HOSPITAL, 2025. Tạp chí Dinh dưỡng và Thực phẩm. 2025;21(6):62-69. doi:10.56283/1859-0381/976

PREVALENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN AGED 1-15 YEARS AT THE NUTRITION CLINIC, VINMEC TIMES CITY HOSPITAL, 2025

Thi Thanh VU1,
1 Vinmec Times City International Hospital

Main Article Content

Abstract

Aims: To identify the current status of iron deficiency in children aged 1-15 years at the nutrition clinic of Vinmec Times City International Hospital, Hanoi.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2025 to October 2025 with a sample size of 311 children aged 1-15 years. The subjects were measured for weight, height or length, to assess nutritional status, and biochemical indices of iron deficiency including hemoglobin, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT and MCV.

Results: Of the 311 children, 23.1% had iron deficiency, 29.9% had low ferritin, 9.96% had high TIBC, 9.93% had low TSAT, 0.3% had high transferrin, 13.8% had low MCV, and 4.2% had low Hb. There was 19.9% ​​of the children having iron deficiency but not anemia while 3.2% had anemia with iron deficiency.

Conclusion: Iron deficiency and depleted iron stores were still high among children visiting for nutrition consultation.

Keywords

Iron deficiency, ferritin deficiency, children aged 1-15 years, nutrition counsultation.

Article Details

References

1. Nutritional anaemias: tools for effective prevention and control. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259425/9789241513067-eng.pdf?sequence=1, accessed 12 January 2020).
2. Albayrak D. Ülkemize Demir Eksikliği Sıklığı Nedir?. İçinde: Karakaş Z, ed., 30 Soruda Demir Çinko Birlikteliği (1. baskı). İstanbul: Selen Yayıncılık; 2014:9 24.
3. Carla Moscheo, Maria Licciardello, Piera Samperi et al. New Insights into Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children: A Practical Review. Metabolites. 2022;12(4):289. doi: 10.3390/metabo12040289.
4. Hastka J, Metzgeroth G, Gattermann N. Eisenmangel und Eisenmangelanämie. 2022. https://www.onkopedia.com/de/onkopedia/guidelines/eisenmangel-und-eisenmangelanaemie/@@guideline/html/index.html. Accessed 17 Oct 2023.
5. Gregory, Dean B. Andropoulos. Pediatric Normal Laboratory Values. Edited by George A. Fifth Edition. Published 2012 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
6. WHO, Essential nutrition actions: improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition, 2013, World Health Organization.
7. Muriuki JM, Mentzer AJ, Webb EL, Morovat A, et al. Estimating the burden of iron deficiency among African children. BMC Medicine. (2020); 18(1):14–31.
8. Trần Thị Minh Nguyệt, Trần Thúy Nga, Trần Khánh Vân và cộng sự. Tình trạng thiếu máu thiếu sắt ở trẻ 6-11 tháng tuổi và một số yếu tố liên quan tại một xã nông thôn tỉnh Thanh Hóa. Tạp chí Dinh dưỡng và Thực phẩm. 2024; 20(1):61-74.
9. Lê Văn Khoa, Phan Tấn Tài, Ông Huy Thanh và cộng sự. Khảo sát tình trạng thiếu máu thiếu sắt và một số yếu tố liên quan ở trẻ em 12 tháng đến 5 tuổi suy dinh dưỡng tại bệnh viện Nhi Đồng Cần Thơ năm 2022 đến 2023. Tạp chí Y Dược Cần Thơ. 2024;81(2024):141-148.
10. Emma PDeloughery, Thomas G Deloughery. Global Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Utilizing Differing Ferritin Cut-Offs - 15, 30, and 50 μg/L. Gene Therapy. Blood. 2024:144 (S1): 5076. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2024-198052.
11. Al-Naseem A, Sallam A, Choudhury S, Thachil J. Iron deficiency without anaemia: a diagnosis that matters. Clin Med (Lond). 2021;21(2):107-111.