Prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among geriatric population from rural Mangalore: a cross-sectional study
This study revealed that one-fourth of the study population had anaemia. The overall prevalence of anaemia was equal in males and females. The most common type of anaemia was the normocytic normochromic type and there was a significant association between anaemia and characteristics such as age, number of comorbidities and diabetes mellitus.
Authors
- Ramesh Holla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-3719)
- Nithin Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-2391)
- Rekha Thapar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-1445)
- B B Darshan
- Himani Kotian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-507X)
- Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-8551)
- Prasanna Mithra P
- Aishwarya Narasimhan
- Babburi SaiHarika
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06605-1
- Primary Topic
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00