Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries

Abstract Low Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) among women of reproductive age is a severe public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated the effects of putative socio-demographic factors on maternal Hb at different points of the conditional distribution of Hb concentration. We ut...

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Autores principales:	Dickson A. Amugsi, Zacharie T. Dimbuene, Catherine Kyobutungi
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5450e765d1a84327afd8da280d4deb5e2021-12-02T12:33:44ZDifferential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries10.1038/s41598-020-78617-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/5450e765d1a84327afd8da280d4deb5e2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78617-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Low Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) among women of reproductive age is a severe public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated the effects of putative socio-demographic factors on maternal Hb at different points of the conditional distribution of Hb concentration. We utilised quantile regression to analyse the Demographic and Health Surveys data from Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mozambique. In Ghana, maternal schooling had a positive effect on Hb of mothers in the 5th and 10th quantiles. A one-year increase in education was associated with an increase in Hb across all quantiles in Mozambique. Conversely, a year increase in schooling was associated with a decrease in Hb of mothers in the three upper quantiles in DRC. A unit change in body mass index had a positive effect on Hb of mothers in the 5th, 10th, 50th and 90th, and 5th to 50th quantiles in Ghana and Mozambique, respectively. We observed differential effects of breastfeeding on maternal Hb across all quantiles in the three countries. The effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal Hb vary at the various points of its distribution. Interventions to address maternal anaemia should take these variations into account to identify the most vulnerable groups.Dickson A. AmugsiZacharie T. DimbueneCatherine KyobutungiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Dickson A. Amugsi Zacharie T. Dimbuene Catherine Kyobutungi Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
description	Abstract Low Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) among women of reproductive age is a severe public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated the effects of putative socio-demographic factors on maternal Hb at different points of the conditional distribution of Hb concentration. We utilised quantile regression to analyse the Demographic and Health Surveys data from Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mozambique. In Ghana, maternal schooling had a positive effect on Hb of mothers in the 5th and 10th quantiles. A one-year increase in education was associated with an increase in Hb across all quantiles in Mozambique. Conversely, a year increase in schooling was associated with a decrease in Hb of mothers in the three upper quantiles in DRC. A unit change in body mass index had a positive effect on Hb of mothers in the 5th, 10th, 50th and 90th, and 5th to 50th quantiles in Ghana and Mozambique, respectively. We observed differential effects of breastfeeding on maternal Hb across all quantiles in the three countries. The effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal Hb vary at the various points of its distribution. Interventions to address maternal anaemia should take these variations into account to identify the most vulnerable groups.
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author	Dickson A. Amugsi Zacharie T. Dimbuene Catherine Kyobutungi
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title	Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
title_short	Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
title_full	Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
title_fullStr	Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries
title_sort	differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-saharan african countries
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Differential effects of socio-demographic factors on maternal haemoglobin concentration in three sub-Saharan African Countries

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