European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: IThis hospital-based prevalence study was carried out to evaluate the clinical and epidemiological profile of anaemia in central India. Methods: In this study, 200 patients with anaemia from medical outpatient departments and indoor wards were randomly selected without regard to gender, occupation, socioeconomic status, or disease duration. Results: According to the findings of this study, the majority of patients (40%) were between the ages of 21 and 30. Females had a higher prevalence of anaemia than males between the ages of 15 and 30. The study population has moderate anaemia in 57% of cases, and severe anaemia in 41% of cases. Weakness and easy fatigability were the most common (100%) presenting symptoms, and pallor was the most common (98%) clinical sign. The most common laboratory findings were microcytic and hypochromic type peripheral smears (59 percent cases). The most common type of anaemia was nutritional anaemia (84 percent). Conclusions: Lack of nutrition The most common cause of anaemia in the population is anaemia, and iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the population.