Prevalence of anaemia and its association with metabolic syndrome and its components among rural elderly women of Amdanga block, north 24th PGS West Bengal Ghosh Joyeta, Chaudhuri Debnath1, Saha Indranil2, Chaudhuri Aditi Nag3 Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, NSHM, Knowledge Campus, Kolkata-700053(West Bengal) 1Society for Nutrition and Dietetics, India 2ICMR-Centre on Non-communicable Diseases, Kolkata, (West Bengal) 3Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata Online Published on 22 September, 2022. Abstract The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence of anaemia and its association with metabolic syndrome (MS) and its different components among rural elderly women of Amdanga block, North 24th PGS West Bengal 236 rural elderly women were selected randomly from 30 villages of Amdanga block, West Bengal Haemoglobin (Hb), Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG), serum Triglycerides (TG), High-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol (HDL-C), Blood Pressure (BP), and Waist Circumference (WC) were measured. Metabolic Syndrome (MS) was defined as per International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 2005 (for Asian-Indians) criteria. Statistical tests were calculated using SPSS software version 20.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The findings revealed that61.86 per cent of elderly women were anaemic. Further mild, moderate and severe anaemia among them was observed to be 36.98 per cent, 42.46 per cent & 20.54per cent. The prevalence of anaemia among MS consisting women was 54 per cent.. Among the women having WC e”80 cm, FBG e”100mg!dl, TG e”l50mgl dl, HDL-C <50 mg!dl, and BP e”130/85 mm of Hg were 62.39per cent,57.15per cent, 60. 87per cent,57. 9per cent,57.9per centrespectively anaemic. A significant statistical association was found between HDL-C (p<0.05) and blood Hb status using the Chi-square test. Based on present findings it may be concluded that the high prevalence of anaemia existed among rural elderly women of Amdanga Block,241h Parganas, West Bengal. A significant statistical association was found between HDL-C (p<0.05) and blood Hb status, indicating a possible coexistence of anaemia and some of the MS risks. Top Keywords Elderly women, Blood glucose, Haemoglobin, Hypertension, MS, Waist circumference. Top |