Tình trạng thiếu máu do thiếu sắt ở sinh viên năm thứ nhất Trường Đại học Dược Hà Nội, năm học 2018-2019

This sudy aimed to describe some clinical and paraclinical characteristics and to describe iron deficiency anemia among first-year students of Hanoi University of Pharmacy (HUP) in the academic year 2018-2019. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study on 746 students was conducted at HUP. Results and conclusions: Of 746 students; 199 (26.7%) were male and 547 (73.3%) were female. Mean age of students was 18.00 ± 1.07. The prevalence of underweight was 39.7%, of overweight and obesity was 7.9%. Prevalence of overall iron deficiency anemia was 13% (97 students), mainly mild anemia (93.8%) and mainly occurred in women (96.9%). The prevalence of microcytic, hypochromic anemia was 2.4% (18 students). There were 8 (44.4%) iron deficiency anemia students with low serum ferritin, in which the state of exhausted iron reserves were (7 students - 43.8%). There was a significant difference in serum ferritin between male group and female group (239.5 ± 37.5 ng/ml vs 35.6 ± 34.4ng/ml) (p< 0,05) suggested thalassemia. The most common manifestations were loss of concentration (14.43%), fatigue, drowsiness (20.6%), pallor (18.6%), loss of hair (15.5%), anorexia, loss of appetite (17.5%).