Recently it has been said that there are many anemic women. We investigated the relationship among anemia, the specific gravity of whole blood cells and diet life of female college students on the basis of the results of both the clinical profiles of their blood cells and the questionnaire about their actual dietetic state.
The results obtained were as follows.
1. As the criterion for female anemia, we took the assumption that the number of red blood cells is less than 3,800,000/mm
3 and hemoglobin value is less than 12.0gr/dl, and we estimated how many anemic women have the symptoms for each level of specific gravity of blood cells from 1.045 to 1.060. As a results, we observed that a big change occurs in the frequency of appearance at the values of 1.049 and 1.054, respectively.
2. There is a remarkable correlation among anemia, the number of red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit values, respectively.
3. We could not recognize clearly the relation between the results of examination of blood cells and the actual taking of food, including much iron.
4. When we compared anemic female college students suffering from iron deficiency anemia with normal students, it was clear that the former had less inclination to eat fish including shellfish, meat and beans. And so, it is particularly important for women suffering from a condition of iron deficiency to take high protein food, such as the above mentioned foods.
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