Status Anemia Dan Prestasi Belajar Siswi Smun I Kuala Kapuas, Kabupaten Kapuas

Abstract

Research objectives were to analyze the asociallallonb etween anemic status and academic achievement of female students at high school. Sixty female srudents at the second grade at SiMUN I Kuala Kapuas in Kapuas District were chosen as samples, which 30 shrdents classfled as anemic group and the rest of noinanemic. The anemic status was categorized based on the haemoglobin (Hb) by Sahli-test. Among 90 samples at the first screening, it was found 60 students having Hb < 12 &ill. The proportr'on of anemic stdmts were 66.7% and their average Hb was 11.2 g/dl Hb. Comparing the anemic and non-memic groups, there were no sigmpcantly ddifference @=0.613) of parents education term, total of family members @=0.943), total income per capita @=0.408), and iron intake @=0.167). Hawever, vitamin C intake was signz3cantly diflerent between anemia and non anemics stuaknts @=O. 001). There were signzjicantly digerent between anemic and non anemic srudent at the accademical achievement, where the subject score of Mathematic, Natwal Science, and Social science @=0.031) were higher among the non anemic than those anemic. Meanwhile, the score of Indonesian hguage and Literature subjects were rm significantly d@". The correlation analysis s h e d the Hb values was highly associated with the academical score of Natural Beme, Mdwnatic. arui Social Science subjects, but not correlated at the Zndonesian Language and Literatwe subjects. I Keywords: anemia, academic achievement