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Characteristics of anemic and non-anemic cases among 314a institutionalized people with intellectual disability, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. |
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| Anemic cases (n = 85) |
Non-anemic cases (n = 229) |
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| Normocytic normochromic anemia (n = 80) |
Anemia except normocytic normochromic anemia (n = 5) |
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| M (n = 75) |
F (n = 5) |
M (n = 5) |
F (n = 0) |
M (n = 116) |
F (n = 113) |
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| Age |
37.8 ± 14.4 |
49.4 ± 16.7 |
30.4 ± 13.0 |
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42.5 ± 13.4 |
47.0 ± 11.3 |
| Body mass index (BMI) |
20.5 ± 3.8 |
20.0 ± 2.9 |
22.2 ± 2.4 |
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22.1 ± 3.4 |
22.1 ± 3.8 |
| Fe (μg/dl) |
90.4 ± 39.0 |
90.2 ± 22.9 |
84.2 ± 58.9 |
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104.4 ± 37.8 |
104.4 ± 31.0 |
| Medications (n) |
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| Anticonvulsants and/or major tranquilizers |
58 (72.5%) |
4 (80.0%) |
92 (40.5%) |
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| Minor tranquilizers |
18 (22.5%) |
1 (20.0%) |
31 (13.7%) |
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| Iron replacement |
5 (6.3%) |
0 (0%) |
11 (4.8%) |
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| Other medicationsb |
18 (22.5%) |
2 (40.0%) |
56 (24.7%) |
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| Users of any medication (n) |
68 (85.0%) |
5 (100%) |
142 (62.6%) |
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| Non-medicated (n) |
12 (15.0%) |
0 (0%) |
85 (37.4%) |
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a Missing data: one person. aMedications except anticonvulsants and/or major tranquilizers, minor tranquilizers and iron replacement (i.e. gastrointestinal drug, cold drug, cardiovascular medication). | ||||||
Ohwada et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:85 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-85 |
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