Uncovering the hidden health burden: a systematic review and meta-analysis of iron deficiency anemia among adolescents, and pregnant women in Pakistan

Table 3 Studies on the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls/nonpregnant women in Pakistan with demographic details

Study area	Year	Authors	Population	Age	Total events	SES	NCOS	Method of Hb estimation	Prevalence
Karachi	2009	Tahir Ansari et al. [12]	Adult Females	15–45	200	poor	07	--	44.5%
Peshawar	2010	K.Muhammad Tahir et al [13]	Adults	22	259	good	05	Hem analyzer, France	23.9%
Lahore	2017	Fatima Hassan et al [14]	Adolescent Girls	13–19	112	poor	04	--	68.8%
Karachi	2017	F.AZIZ et al. [15]	Adults	18–24	160	good	04	Cyanmethemoglobin method	63.12%
Lahore	2017	Saadia Shahzad et al [16]	Adolescent Girls	----	150	Mixed	05	Sahli ‘s	84%
Peshawar	2018	Riaz gul et al [17]	Adolescent Girls	13–19	400	mixed	09	Sahli ‘s	61%
Mardan	2018	Sahib gul et al [18]	Adult females	19–25	50	Mixed	07	Hematology analyzer	10%
RWP	2018	Rabia Mehmood et al [19]	Adolescent Girls	11–19	104	mixed	07	Hemocue, portable HB analyzer	71.2%
Nawab Shah	2019	Niaz Hussain et al. [20]	Adolescent Girls	10–15	150	poor	05	Hemo Cue HB 201 + analyzer	67.3%
AJK	2020	Nazneen Habib [21]	Adolescent Girls	10–19	626	-	07	HemoCue Hb 301 analyzer (Sweden).	47.9%
Lahore	2021	Zafar et al [22]	Adults	18–24	83	good	05	Sahli ‘s	57.8%

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