1. Distribution of blood markers among Under five children (N=2006)

Variable N Percent Mean_SD Median_IQR Min Max
Hb_alt_adj 2000 99.7 11.37 (1.62) 11.5 (10.5, 12.4) 4.3 19.6
Ferritin (ug/L) 1981 98.8 49.04 (76.73) 31.45 (15.28, 58.78) 5 1905.45
CRPHS (mg/L) 1996 99.5 2.03 (7.28) 0.55 (0.35, 1.38) 0.1 240.58
AAGP (g/L) 1993 99.4 0.72 (0.28) 0.66 (0.52, 0.85) 0.19 2.24
S-Folate (ng/mL) 1777 88.6 9.98 (16.39) 7.11 (4.79, 10.79) 0.8 429.23
Vit-B12 (pg/mL) 1779 88.7 306.81 (243.95) 250.42 (153.6, 382.38) 50 2311.88
Vit-D (ng/mL) 1772 88.3 21.68 (12.13) 20.45 (13.97, 26.98) 4.5 170.58
RBC-Folate (ng/mL) 1585 79.0 549.63 (685.48) 411.21 (266.41, 623.23) 0.8 10677.7



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2. Proportion of Ferritin deficient(Unadjusted) by state

State Sample size Iron deficient Prevalence (%)
Haryana 17 10 58.82
Telangana 38 16 42.11
Maharashtra 37 15 40.54
Punjab 499 187 37.47
Himachal Pradesh 3 1 33.33
Rajasthan 106 35 33.02
Gujarath 154 50 32.47
Karnataka 31 10 32.26
Madhya Pradesh 37 10 27.03
Andhrapradesh 19 5 26.32
Chhattisgarh 12 2 16.67
Uttar Pradesh 18 3 16.67
Jharkhand 19 2 10.53
Odisha 26 2 7.69
Jammu & Kashmir 114 8 7.02
WestBengal 164 11 6.71
Kerala 254 17 6.69
Goa 47 3 6.38
Daman&Diu, Dadra haveli 20 1 5.00
Arunachal Pradesh 122 5 4.10
Tripura 37 1 2.70
Mizoram 117 2 1.71
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 0 0.00
Assam 3 0 0.00
Bihar 2 0 0.00
Chandigarh 17 0 0.00
Delhi 8 0 0.00
Lakshadweep 20 0 0.00
Meghalaya 3 0 0.00
Nagaland 19 0 0.00
Puducherry 3 0 0.00
Sikkim 2 0 0.00
Tamil Nadu 7 0 0.00
Uttarakhand 3 0 0.00
India 1981 396 20.00
Iron deficiency defined as Ferritin < 12 (ug/L) among under-five children.



Fig.1 Geographical Distribution of Iron Deficiency(Unadjusted)