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. 2020 Apr 8;111(4):927–937. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz304

TABLE 1.

Age and inflammation of PSC and WRA, Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia project1

Age2 CRP AGP
Survey, year n Mean (95% CI) n Mean (95% CI) >5 mg/L, % (95% CI) n Mean (95% CI) >1 g/L, % (95% CI)
PSC
 Afghanistan, 2013 658 29.0 (27.7, 30.4) 658 1.9 (1.4, 2.3) 9.7 (6.3, 13.1) 658 0.85 (0.81, 0.88) 23.6 (19.3, 28.0)
 Azerbaijan, 2013 1016 36.0 (34.8, 37.2) 1016 1.9 (1.4, 2.4) 8.2 (6.1, 10.3) 1016 0.90 (0.87, 0.93) 30.3 (26.3, 34.3)
 Bangladesh, 2012 309 36.0 (33.9, 38.1) 309 3.3 (1.1, 5.6) 9.2 (4.2, 14.3) 309 0.87 (0.81, 0.92) 27.8 (20.9, 34.8)
 Cambodia, 2014 534 37.4 (36.1, 38.8) 534 2.4 (1.5, 3.3) 11.0 (7.7, 14.2) 534 1.20 (1.05, 1.35) 39.7 (33.4, 46.0)
 Cameroon, 2009 776 30.8 (29.8, 31.7) 776 5.4 (4.8, 6.0) 37.5 (32.7, 42.3) 776 0.96 (0.93, 0.98) 38.7 (33.1, 44.3)
 Colombia, 2010 3573 37.9 (37.3, 38.5) 3573 4.0 (3.5, 4.5) 18.8 (17.0, 20.6)
 Ecuador, 2012 2017 29.3 (28.0, 30.6) 2017 4.0 (3.5, 4.5) 12.5 (10.1, 14.9)
 Malawi, 2016 1071 32.3 (30.6, 34.1) 1071 6.3 (5.0, 7.6) 23.8 (19.5, 28.1) 1071 1.35 (1.26, 1.45) 55.8 (50.5, 61.1)
 Mexico, 2006 1164 41.4 (40.4, 42.3) 1164 2.1 (1.7, 2.5) 9.8 (7.4, 12.2)
 Mongolia, 20063 240 20.1 (19.0, 21.2) 240 0.85 (0.81, 0.88) 24.6
 Pakistan, 2011 7231 27.3 (26.9, 27.8) 7231 0.95 (0.94, 0.97) 35.0 (33.6, 36.4)
 Vietnam, 2010 375 37.2 (35.9, 38.5) 375 2.6 (1.9, 3.3) 12.3 (9.3, 15.3)
WRA
 Afghanistan, 2013 1044 30.8 (30.2, 31.4) 1044 2.7 (2.2, 3.3) 12.8 (10.4, 15.1) 1043 0.75 (0.72, 0.77) 11.6 (8.7, 14.5)
 Bangladesh, 2012 728 29.8 (28.5, 31.1) 727 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) 5.2 (2.8, 7.6) 728 0.74 (0.72, 0.75) 13.1 (8.8, 17.4)
 Cambodia, 2014 693 30.2 (29.4, 30.9) 693 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) 9.5 (7.1, 11.9) 693 1.00 (0.87, 1.13) 33.5 (25.2, 41.9)
 Cameroon, 2009 746 27.2 (26.5, 27.9) 746 2.8 (2.5, 3.1) 17.8 (14.9, 20.7) 746 0.77 (0.75, 0.78) 7.0 (4.9, 9.1)
 Ecuador, 2012 7267 30.2 (29.8, 30.6) 7267 4.0 (3.8, 4.3) 17.2 (15.6, 18.8)
 Malawi, 2016 760 27.9 (27.2, 28.6) 760 2.4 (1.7, 3.2) 7.7 (5.4, 10.0) 760 0.69 (0.64, 0.73) 11.3 (8.1, 14.3)
 Mexico, 2006 1679 30.5 (29.8, 31.3) 1679 4.0 (3.4, 4.6) 23.8 (20.5, 27.1)
 Pakistan, 2011 7490 30.9 (30.8, 31.1) 5616 2.7 (2.4, 2.9) 11.4 (10.4, 12.4) 7488 0.84 (0.83, 0.85) 23.1 (21.8, 24.4)
 United Kingdom, 2014 862 33.3 (32.4, 34.2) 862 3.5 (3.0, 4.1) 15.8 (12.4, 19.1)
 Vietnam, 2010 1479 32.3 (31.7, 32.8) 1479 1.8 (1.6, 2.0) 6.6 (5.5, 7.8)
1

AGP, α-1-acid glycoprotein; CRP, C-reactive protein; PSC, preschool children; WRA, nonpregnant women of reproductive age.

2

Age values are shown in months for PSC and years for WRA.

3

Not a complex survey design. Values reflect mean (95% CI) or exact proportions.