Dietary Iron Intake of Female University Students and Their Iron Store as Future Mothers: the Case of the College of Natural Sciences.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baye, Kaleab (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gashu, Dawd (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nigussie, Saron | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-19T09:01:10Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T15:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-19T09:01:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T15:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Iron deficiency (ID) is common single nutrient deficiency of great public health significance affecting children, adolescents and women of reproductive age worldwide. Women of reproductive age are at higher risk of developing iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among regular female university students studying at Addis Ababa University College of Natural Science in relation to their dietary iron intake and iron deficiency risk factors. Data on socio-demographic, anthropometric and iron deficiency risk factors such as social habits, and diseases symptoms, menstrual blood flow, dietary and medical history were collected from female students in the College of Natural Science, Addis Ababa University. Similarly, a one week weighed food record was obtained to estimate energy and micronutrient intake of students. In addition, blood samples were collected from female students (n=45) for analysis of hemoglobin level, serum ferritin, serum soluble transferrin receptor (sTfr) and C-reactive protein. The participants were in the age of 18-23 years old with mean value of 20.35 ± 1.3. In addition, they had body mass index in the range of 18.37-26.03 with mean value of 21.85 ± 1.7, suggesting normal fat-lean mass ratio of the study participants. The majority (95.5%) of present study participant consumed coffee and or tea, but had low (24.4%) intake frequency of fruits indicating the habit of consuming iron absorption inhibitors but low consumption of enhancers. In addition, consumption of fruits was recommended to be followed just short time after meal to support iron absorption, however, it was observed that the present study students consume fruits relatively long time after meal. About 9% of students often experienced heavy menstrual blood flow. On the other hand, 20.0% of students often experienced Amenorrhea. However, neither excessive blood flow predispose participants for iron deficiency nor the missing of menstrual cycle were significant (p > 0.05) contributors to preserve hemoglobin or iron status. The majority of the study participants (84.4%) practiced fasting. The common Ethiopian fasting excludes animal source foods. However, in the present study fasting didn’t affect the iron status of the subjects. The mean mineral intakes were: Ca (219.32 ± 15.0 mg/day), Zn (3.70 ± 0.3mg/day) and Fe (18.01 ± 0.8mg/day). In addition, the mean energy intake was 1965.98 ± 86.7kcal/day. Based on the result of dietary weight record, about 91% of participants had inadequate energy and all of the subjects had inadequate Ca and Zn intake. In addition, carbohydrates contributed the greater daily energy (72.3%) beyond the daily recommended value. On the other hand, the contribution of fats (14.4%) for daily energy requirement was low. The mean hemoglobin, sTfr and ferritin values were: 12.88±1.1g/dl, 2.60±0.3μg/l and 86.40±6.3μg/l, respectively. Only 4.5% of the participants were anemic (low hemoglobin) and had depleted iron store (serum ferritin<12μg/l). sTfR shows significant association With CRP (p=0.15) and BMI shows a significant correlation with serum ferritin (p=0.006). Key words: Iron deficiency anemia; iron deficiency; female university students and Cafeteria meal | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/1604 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Iron deficiency anemia; iron deficiency; female university students and Cafeteria meal | en_US |
| dc.title | Dietary Iron Intake of Female University Students and Their Iron Store as Future Mothers: the Case of the College of Natural Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |