ANEMIA AND VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY IN ELDERLY.

Zaozianlungliu Gonmei; Supriya Dwivedi; Gurudayal Singh Toteja; Karuna Singh; Naval Kishore Vikram; Priyanka Gupta Bansal

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i1.23750

Authors

Zaozianlungliu Gonmei Division of Nutrition, Centre for Promotion of Nutrition Research & Training with special focus on North East, Tribal & Inaccessible population (Indian Council of Medical Research), New Delhi, India.
Supriya Dwivedi Department of Biotechnology, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Gurudayal Singh Toteja Department of Nutrition, Desert Medicine Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Karuna Singh Department of Food & Nutrition, Amity Institute of Food Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Naval Kishore Vikram Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,India.
Priyanka Gupta Bansal Division of Nutrition, Centre for Promotion of Nutrition Research & Training with special focus on North East, Tribal & Inaccessible population (Indian Council of Medical Research), New Delhi, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i1.23750

Keywords:

Elderly, Anemia, Vitamin B12, Homocysteine

Abstract

Â Objective: The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia among elderly in slums of West Delhi.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 234 elderly aged 60 and above in slums of West Delhi. 5 ml blood was collected from 116 elderly and was analyzed for hemoglobin, Vitamin B12 and homocysteine. Anemia was defined as hemoglobin <130 g/L and <120 g/l for male and female, respectively, Vitamin B12 deficiency as serum Vitamin B12 <203 pg/ml and hyperhomocysteinemia as serum homocysteine >15 Î¼mol/l.

Results: The overall prevalence of anemia, Vitamin B12 deficiency, and hyperhomocysteinemia among elderly was 57.76%, 36.36%, and 57.57%, respectively. Among anemic elderly, 33.33% and 64.15% had Vitamin B12 deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia, respectively.

Conclusion: More than half of the elderly population was anemic, while one-third was having Vitamin B12 deficiency.

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