The Association between Hemoglobin Level and Body Mass Index in Female College Students of West Tripura

Purpose: Anemia is a very common medical problem which develops when there is an insufficient hemoglobin or healthy red blood cells in blood. Nutritional anemia occurs due to lack of one or more vital nutrients and due to increased demand for the need of micronutrients and blood loss at the time of menstruation. The prevalence of nutritional anemia among female especially of age group between 19 - 22 years are at high risk. Methods: The present work is taken to determine the prevalence of anemia in college female students of Bhavan's Tripura College of Science & Technology. It helps to determine correlation of Hb level with BMI. The present study was conducted among 97 female college students studying in Bhavan?s Tripura College of Science and Technology. Hemoglobin level is estimated by cyanmethemoglobin method. BMI is calculated by measuring height and weight using appropriate equipment. Results: From the Study, it is found that the percentage of non - anemia students were 47.42%, mild anemic was 21.65%, moderate anemic was 28.87% and severe anemic were 2.06%. The BMI calculation shows that 62.88% of girls belongs to normal weight while 7.22% students had under - weight, 22.68% students had overweight and 7.22% girls had obesity. Conclusion: From the Study we conclude that females especially the adolescent girls are the common victims of nutritional anemia. That can be treated and prevented by consuming proper diet containing necessary micronutrients, providing iron supplementation, frequent screening for presence of anemia, routine health checkup and hemoglobin estimation of the students should be done. If all these measures are taken then the increasing rate of anemia among the adolescent girls can be in control.