The prevalence of anemia, iron, vitamin B-12, and folic acid deficiencies in community dwelling elderly in Ankara, Turkey

Yildirim T., YALÇIN A., ATMIŞ V., Cengiz O. K., ARAS S., VARLI M., ...Daha Fazla

ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, cilt.60, sa.2, ss.344-348, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.01.001
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.344-348
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anemia, Elderly, Iron, Vitamin B-12, Folic acid, MILD ANEMIA, HELICOBACTER-PYLORI, HEALTH, ASSOCIATION, POPULATION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Anemia is a common problem among older people. Deficiency of essential erythropoiesis elements (iron, vitamin B-12, and folic acid) is one of the major causes of anemia in older people. Studies evaluated prevalence of anemia in our country generally consisted of older people admitted to hospital. Studies conducted on community dwelling older people were much more less. The aim of this study is to evaluate prevalence of anemia and nutritional deficiencies in community dwelling elderly in our country. Totally 827 elderly individuals living in community participated in this study.