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KMID : 0378019620050030029
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New Medical Journal
1962 Volume.5 No. 3 p.29 ~ p.34
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Studies on Anemia in Korean Infants and Children
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Abstract
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The incidence of anemia in infants in the weaning period is significantly higher in Korea, where many infants are breast-fed for a far longer period than in well-developed countries and also during this period no well balanced foods are given.
For the purpose of investigation of iron deficiency anemia, the infant feeding history, the determinations of red-cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum iron and serum copper were performed on 77 infants (7 months to 2 years of age) and 47 pre-school children (2-6 years).
1. Most of the infants were breast-fed (74.2,) and only 5.2% of the infants were bottle-fed. The remainder of the infants (20.6%) were on mixed feeding (breast milk plus cow´s milk or rice cereal).
2. Weaning was delayed in the majority (94%) of the infants and started most often at 10-12 months of age. In a few cases infants were fed almost entirely with breast milk for as long as 2 years.
3. The average hemoglobin value was 10.6 gm/100 ml. In 46% of the infants the hemoglobin level was below 10.5 gm/100 ml, and in 27%, it was below 10.0 gm/ 100 ml.
There was a difference of 2.2 gm in hemoglobin level between the infants fed with a well balanced diet supplemented with iron and those in whom weaning was markedly delayed.
4. The serum iron level was low as a whole and the average was 54.8,ug/100 ml. The serum iron level decreased until 1 year 4 month-1 year 6 month of age when it reached the lowest value, 48.Oug/100 ml. There was a difference of 16.5,ug/100 ml in serum iron level between the infants in whom weaning started at the proper age with proper weaning diet and those in whom weaning was markedly delayed.
5. There was no significant difference in serum copper level between the two groups.
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