Prevalence, profile of malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia in children with cyanotic congenital heart defects: a case control observational study in a tertiary care hospital in North India
This case-control study included 80 children with symptomatic CCHD, and 40 healthy children matched for age and sex as a control group. Clinical evaluation and laboratory assessment of nutritional status were documented. Anthropometric measurements were recorded and Z scores for weight for age (WAZ), weight for height (WHZ), and height for age (HAZ) have been calculated. Haemoglobin, red cell indices and serumiron, total iron binding capacity and serumferritin was done in cases and controls.