Reducing the burden of iron deficiency anemia in Cote D’Ivoire through fortification

Table 2 Parameters used for estimating the health burden (in DALYs) due to IDA by Plessow et al. [38]

Health consequence	Severity	Disability weights	Age-group	Source
Impaired physical activity	Mild	0.005	All	Solomon J. A et al., Plessow et al., and Murray et al. [2, 43, 45]
	Moderate	0.058	All
	Severe	0.164	All
Cognitive impairment	Moderate	0.0078	6–23 months (pre-school children)	Plessow et al. and Murray et al. [43, 45]
Cognitive impairment	Severe	0.031	6–23 months (pre-school children)	Plessow et al. and Murray et al. [43, 45]
All-cause mortality	Severe	1.0	6–59 months (pre-school children)	Plessow et al. and Murray et al. [43, 45]

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