Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia among University Students in Hodeida Province, Yemen.

Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is one of the most common types of nutritional anemia in the worldwide and considered a major public health problem in developing countries especially in Yemen. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors of IDA among apparently healthy Yemeni students at Hodeida University.

Method: Five hundred blood samples (326 males and 174 females) were collected randomly from medical students at Hodeida University.