Original Research
Analysis of risk factors on hemoglobin level in Libyan women
Abed Alnaser A. Drbal, Rehab R. Walli, Rayhan A. Shahin, Asma S. Rmeli, and Eman S. Abdelsalam
Abstract :
Anemia is a common health problem among Libyan women. Age, heavy menstruation, and pregnancy are vital risk factors for this problem. In this study, we prospectively examined 60 Libyan women all of which were diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, their hemoglobin levels were less than 10.0 g/dl. The level of hemoglobin is also analyzed for vegetarian and charcoal-eating women. We found that during pregnancy charcoal-eating women exhibit lower hemoglobin levels than non-eating women. Pregnant young women in the age of 17-27 years have the lowest hemoglobin levels than the other age groups. In addition, vegetarians, heavy coffee and tea drinking, and heavy menstruation in non-pregnant women, as well as breastfeeding, strongly lower hemoglobin levels as measured by their complete blood count.
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Citation :
Drbal et al. (2024) Analysis of risk factors on hemoglobin level in Libyan women. Mediterr J Pharm Pharm Sci. 4 (3): 76-80. [Article number: 172]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13776853