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1. Established and Suspected Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk in Pre-Menopausal Lebanese Women

Author

Nada Adra, Nahla Hwalla, Malek Batal, Omar Obeid, and Lynn Al Khatib

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Ecology, Homocysteine, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Medicine (miscellaneous), General Medicine, Disease, medicine.disease, Menopause, chemistry.chemical_compound, B vitamins, Endocrinology, chemistry, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, Biomarker (medicine), Vitamin B12, Lipid profile, business, Food Science
Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is known to be caused by both environmental and non-environmental factors and the contribution of these factors seems to vary among different populations. Major nutritional biomarkers of CVD in 290 Lebanese pre-menopausal women were assessed. Diabetes, folate, and vitamin B12 deficiencies were rare (below 0.5%) among the subjects. Abnormalities in lipid profile were more common, in which 16.7% of subjects had low HDL-cholesterol. Vitamin B6 deficiency was also present at 14.5%. Low levels of HDL (established biomarker) and vitamin B6 (suspected biomarker) seem to be the major nutritional abnormalities in Lebanese females of childbearing age.

Published
2008

2. Folate deficiency is associated with nutritional anaemia in Lebanese women of childbearing age

Author

Omar Obeid, Abla M. Sibai, Malek Batal, Nada Adra, Nahla Hwalla, and Lynn Al Khatib

Subjects
Adult, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Research methodology, Population, Medicine (miscellaneous), Nutritional Status, Institute of medicine, Folic Acid Deficiency, World health, Hemoglobins, Folic Acid, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Hum, Prevalence, Humans, Lebanon, education, Serum iron level, Gynecology, education.field_of_study, Nutrition and Dietetics, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Anemia, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Health Surveys, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Folic acid, Childbearing age, Ferritins, Female, business
Abstract

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to identify the determinants of anaemia in Lebanese women of childbearing age attending health centres in Lebanon.DesignCross-sectional study carried out between May and December 2003. Anthropometric measurements as well as sociodemographic, health and dietary intake data were collected using a questionnaire. Haemoglobin (Hb), plasma ferritin, plasma folate and vitamin B12were assessed using standard laboratory methods.SettingGovernmental health centres in Lebanon.SubjectsFour hundred and seventy non-pregnant Lebanese women aged 15–45 years.ResultsAnaemia (Hb −1) and iron deficiency (ferritin −1) were prevalent in 16.0 and 27.2% of the study sample, respectively. Of the total sample, 7.7% had iron-deficiency anaemia. The percentage of women with either Hb or ferritin deficiency or both was 35.6%. Plasma folate and vitamin B12deficiency was reported in 25.1 and 39.4%, respectively, and 12.6% of the women had both folate and vitamin B12deficiencies. Of the anaemic group, 48.0% of the women had iron deficiency. The intake of iron was lower in iron-deficient than in non-deficient women and a positive relationship was shown between folate intake and its corresponding serum levels. Regression analysis showed that ferritin, plasma folate and family history of anaemia were significant determinants of the anaemia in the sample of women.ConclusionsAnaemia not related to iron deficiency was partly explained by plasma folate deficiency. Measures to control folate and iron deficiency should be considered.

Published
2006

3. Folate deficiency is associated with nutritional anaemia in Lebanese women of childbearing age.

Author

Lynn Al Khatib, Omar Obeid, Abla-Mehio Sibai, Malek Batal, Nada Adra, and Nahla Hwalla

Subjects
*FOLIC acid deficiency, *ANEMIA, *PREGNANT women, *LEBANESE
Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the determinants of anaemia in Lebanese women of childbearing age attending health centres in Lebanon.Design: Cross-sectional study carried out between May and December 2003. Anthropometric measurements as well as sociodemographic, health and dietary intake data were collected using a questionnaire. Haemoglobin (Hb), plasma ferritin, plasma folate and vitamin B12 were assessed using standard laboratory methods.Setting: Governmental health centres in Lebanon.Subjects: Four hundred and seventy non-pregnant Lebanese women aged 15–45 years.Results: Anaemia (Hb <12 g dl−1) and iron deficiency (ferritin <15 μg l−1) were prevalent in 16.0 and 27.2% of the study sample, respectively. Of the total sample, 7.7% had iron-deficiency anaemia. The percentage of women with either Hb or ferritin deficiency or both was 35.6%. Plasma folate and vitamin B12 deficiency was reported in 25.1 and 39.4%, respectively, and 12.6% of the women had both folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies. Of the anaemic group, 48.0% of the women had iron deficiency. The intake of iron was lower in iron-deficient than in non-deficient women and a positive relationship was shown between folate intake and its corresponding serum levels. Regression analysis showed that ferritin, plasma folate and family history of anaemia were significant determinants of the anaemia in the sample of women.Conclusions: Anaemia not related to iron deficiency was partly explained by plasma folate deficiency. Measures to control folate and iron deficiency should be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006
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