Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among men in rural India: Evidence from a nationally representative survey.
Journal
PLOS global public health
ISSN: 2767-3375
Titre abrégé: PLOS Glob Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9918283779606676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
11
07
2022
accepted:
10
10
2022
entrez:
24
3
2023
pubmed:
25
3
2023
medline:
25
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Anaemia among men is a significant health issue which has not been given due importance. Only a handful of studies have captured the prevalence of anaemia among men. There is dearth of evidence base on anaemia among men in India. Therefore, this study attempts to fill this research gap by examining the socioeconomic, geographic, health-related, and behavioural differentials of anaemia among rural men in India. We analysed a cross-sectional sample of 61,481 men aged between 15-54 and living in rural areas from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted in 2019-21. Bivariate statistics and multivariable logistic regression were employed to assess the factors associated with anaemia. In rural India, three out of ten men were found to be anaemic. Older men [49-54 years] (Odds Ratio: 1.10, 95% CI, 1.00-1.21), men without a formal education (OR: 1.36, 95% CI, 1.26-1.47), those from Scheduled Tribes (OR: 1.48, 95% CI, 1.39-1.58) and men who belonged to the poorest wealth quintile (OR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.25-1.35) had a higher risk of anaemia. Men who were underweight were more likely to be anaemic (OR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.30-1.43). When compared to the central region, men from the eastern (OR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.39-1.55) parts of India had higher a risk of anaemia. The findings suggest the need to recognise anaemia among men as a public health issue. When developing policy, significant variation in socioeconomic, geographic, health-related, and behavioural factors must be taken into account. Men should also be screened on a regular basis in order to reduce the national burden of anaemia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36962811
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001159
pii: PGPH-D-22-01106
pmc: PMC10021440
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e0001159Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2022 Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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