Abstract:
Objective To determine the prevalence of anemia among rural fertile women in Jiangsu province and to examine the relation between anemia and contraceptive use.
Methods Data were from the base-line survey of contraceptive adverse reactions in Jiangsu surveillance points.Unconditional logistic regression model was used to analyze risk factors for anemia.
Results The overall prevalence of anemia was 42.54% among rural fertile women in Jiangsu province.The risk factors for anemia included: less-developed areas, women aged >35 and elder(OR=1.125, 95%CI: 1.019-1.242), cycle length≤24 days(OR=1.489, 95%CI: 1.047-1.269);The protecting factors were: body mass index(BIM)≥25 kg/m2 (OR=0.693, 95%CI: 0.624-0.770), occupations other than peasant(OR=0.862, 95%CI: 0.776-0.957), scanty period amout(OR=0.805, 95%CI: 0.744-0.871).
Conclusion The prevalence of anemia in rural child-bearing age women was very high, leading it to be a severe public health problem; Use of IUDs may be one of risk factors for anemia, medical screening of clients before use should be conducted.