Medicra (Journal of Medical Laboratory Science/Technology)
Vol 5 No 2 (2022): December

Overview Of Anemia In Young Women Low Body Mass Index (Thin Category)

Risna’im, Annisa Rohmania (Unknown)
Mahtuti, Erni Yohani (Unknown)
Masyhur, Muhammad (Unknown)
Faisal (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2022

Abstract

In the period of growth and development, adolescents need more nutrients. Adolescents face many health problems due to biological and psychological changes as well as malnutrition. Anemia is a common health problem. Riskesdas data in 2018, in Indonesia there is a prevalence of anemia of 48.9%. Cases of anemia often occur in the age group of 15-24 years and 25-34 years. This study aims to determine the state of anemia with a lean body mass index in adolescent girls at SMK Madani Turen, Malang Regency. The research design used is descriptive quantitative with a cross sectional approach and a total of 101 respondents. The samples obtained had a lean body mass index of 24 people (23.76%) and the majority were known not to be anemic, namely 17 people (70.83%) and those who had anemia were 7 people (29.16%). The p value of the Fisher's exact test is 0.000 if the p value is <0.05, which means Ho is rejected, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between body mass index and Hb levels in female students at SMK Madani Turen.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

medicra

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health

Description

Focus : to facilitate scholar, researchers, and lecturers for publishing the original articles of review articles. Scope : Medicra publishes research articles in the field of “medical laboratory (science/technology)” with the following scope: Clinic Chemical Hematology Microbiology Parasitology ...