Livestock ownership is associated with higher odds of anaemia among preschool‐aged children, but not women of reproductive age in Ghana

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ID15536720
AutoresA D Jones (0000-0002-9265-3935, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia), Esi K Colecraft (0000-0001-6221-3739, University of Ghana), Raphael Baffour Awuah (0000-0002-8662-9162, University of Ghana), Sandra Boatemaa (University of Ghana), Nathalie Lambrecht (0000-0002-4253-7063, University of Michigan), Nathalie J Lambrecht (Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA), Leonard Kofi Adjorlolo (0000-0002-4487-3343, University of Ghana), Mark L Wilson (0000-0003-2968-5181, University of Michigan)
Año2018
Volumen14
Número3
Fecha de publicación2018-04-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMaternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mcn.12604
OpenAlexW2795872710
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas73

Livestock ownership may influence anaemia through complex and possibly contradictory mechanisms. In this study, we aimed to determine the association of household livestock ownership with anaemia among women aged 15–49 years and children aged 6–59 months in Ghana and to examine the contribution of animal source foods (ASFs) to consumption patterns as a potential mechanism mediating this association. We analysed data on 4,441 women and 2,735 children from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey and 16,772 households from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6. Haemoglobin measurements were used to define anaemia (non‐pregnant women: <120 g/L; children: <110 g/L). Child‐ and household‐level ASF consumption data were collected from 24‐hour food group intake and food consumption and expenditure surveys, respectively. In multiple logistic regression models, household livestock ownership was associated with anaemia among children (OR, 95% CI: 1.5 [1.1, 2.0]), but not women (1.0 [0.83, 1.2]). Household ownership of chickens was associated with higher odds of anaemia among children (1.6 [1.2, 2.2]), but ownership of other animal species was not associated with anaemia among women or children. In path analyses, we observed no evidence of mediation of the association of household livestock ownership with child anaemia by ASF consumption. Ownership of livestock likely has limited importance for consumption of ASFs among young children in Ghana and may in fact place children at an increased risk of anaemia. Further research is needed to elucidate if and how pathogen exposure associated with livestock rearing may underlie this increased risk of anaemia

Consumption (sociology · Environmental health · Geography · Livestock · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Energy and Environment Impacts · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medicine