Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Among Chiangmai College of Dramatic Arts School Children

บทคัดย่อ

Abstract: 

Iron deficiency in school children is still a serious public health issue of Thailand since it
is consequently of poor growth and neurocognitive impairment. We assessed the prevalence of iron
deficiency  among 185 Chiangmai College of Dramatic Arts school children who had a risk of iron
deficiency in order to diet for their image. By using serum iron level together with percent transferrin
saturation  level less than 50 μg/dL and 16%, respectively are index for iron deficiency, we found that
17.30%  of them were deficient in iron which was classified as follows: 14.55% of male and 18.46% of
female. The highest prevalence of iron deficiency was observed in the group of 15-16 years old female
at  25.00% of this population. Thus, the consultation for changing the consumption behavior and iron
supplementation for prevention and control iron deficiency should be performed to these children.