Monograph:

Objective - To assess the frequency of iron deficiency anemia and to examine the relationship of iron deficiency anemia and dietary habits in post-menopausal subjects. Background � Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional deficiency anemia in developing as well as developed countries. Iron deficiency anemia may be caused by primary or secondary causes, primary anemia may cause by any single cause directly, by secondary causes or other conditions like hookworm infestation, nutritional deficiency, and malabsorption. The period between 40 and 55 years which covers pre-menopause peri-menopause, and for some women, post-menopause, has a great impact on women health. The prevelance of anemia has been consistently high since 2001 when it stood at 50.9%, than it was increased in 2011 on 61.9%, and declined to 53.7% in 2018.

Methods � It was hospital based descriptive study, data was collected from 70 female post-menopausal subjects at outdoor patient department Mayo hospital Lahore. Convenient sampling technique was used. Approval was taken from organizational authorities for data collection. Spss V23.0 was used for statistical analysis. Chi square test was applied on categorical data to examine the relationship.

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