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Hemoglobin Concentration in Children at Different Altitudes in Peru: Proposal for [Hb] Correction for Altitude to Diagnose Anemia and Polycythemia

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dc.contributor.author Ocas-Cordova, Silvana
dc.contributor.author Tapia Aguirre, Vilma Lucrecia
dc.contributor.author Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-05T15:23:27Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-05T15:23:27Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5878
dc.description.abstract The present study was designed to define the hemoglobin [Hb] increase with altitude in Peruvian children. We suggest the normal range of [Hb] as means +/-2 standard deviations (SD), with a value less than - 2 SD as a possible threshold to detect anemia. The prevalence of anemia was calculated. These values were compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) altitude correction parameter and the threshold for anemia of 11 g/dL. Likewise, polycythemia is suggested as [Hb] greater than 2 SD. 2,028,701 children aged 6-59 months were analyzed. The quadratic regression analysis shows that [Hb] is constant between sea level and 999 m. Thereafter, [Hb] increases from 11.32 g/dL (1000 m) up to approximately 14.54 g/dL at 4000 m. Applying the threshold for anemia defined by WHO (11 g/dL) results in a prevalence of approximately 35% for children living at altitudes <1000 m, and prevalence decreases to approximately 4.5% at >4000 m. After [Hb] altitude correction, the prevalence was approximately 36% (1000 m) and increases to approximately 66% above 4000 m. With our proposed threshold for anemia, the prevalence was approximately 15% below 1000 m and approximately 5% above 4000 m. For polycythemia ([Hb] >14.5 g/dL), increases were from 1.2% at <1000 m to 39.4% at 4000 m. After [Hb] correction for altitude, the prevalence of polycythemia decreases with altitude. Excessive erythrocytosis defined as [Hb] >19 g/dL shows the highest values at 4000 m, while polycythemia defined as [Hb] greater than 2 SD was reduced at high altitude (HA). In conclusion, using WHO thresholds for anemia and [Hb] correction by altitude most likely overestimates the prevalence of anemia and may underestimate polycythemia in Peruvian children living at HA. Therefore, new threshold values for anemia and polycythemia as mean [Hb] less than 2 SD and greater than 2 SD for populations living at a specific altitude are suggested. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Mary Ann Liebert
dc.relation.ispartofseries High Altitude Medicine and Biology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject hemoglobin en_US
dc.subject high altitude en_US
dc.subject altitude-corrected hemoglobin en_US
dc.subject anemia in childhood en_US
dc.subject erythrocytosis en_US
dc.subject polycythemia en_US
dc.title Hemoglobin Concentration in Children at Different Altitudes in Peru: Proposal for [Hb] Correction for Altitude to Diagnose Anemia and Polycythemia en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2018.0032
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.08
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.11
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1557-8682


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