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Anthropometric measurements as well as sociodemographic, health and dietary intake data were collected using a questionnaire. Haemoglobin (Hb), plasma ferritin, plasma folate and vitamin B<jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>were assessed using standard laboratory methods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980006001509_sec03\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Governmental health centres in Lebanon.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980006001509_sec04\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four hundred and seventy non-pregnant Lebanese women aged 15\u201345 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980006001509_sec05\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Anaemia (Hb &lt;12 g dl<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>) and iron deficiency (ferritin &lt;15 \u03bcg l<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>) were prevalent in 16.0 and 27.2% of the study sample, respectively. Of the total sample, 7.7% had iron-deficiency anaemia. The percentage of women with either Hb or ferritin deficiency or both was 35.6%. Plasma folate and vitamin B<jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>deficiency was reported in 25.1 and 39.4%, respectively, and 12.6% of the women had both folate and vitamin B<jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>deficiencies. Of the anaemic group, 48.0% of the women had iron deficiency. The intake of iron was lower in iron-deficient than in non-deficient women and a positive relationship was shown between folate intake and its corresponding serum levels. Regression analysis showed that ferritin, plasma folate and family history of anaemia were significant determinants of the anaemia in the sample of women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980006001509_sec06\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Anaemia not related to iron deficiency was partly explained by plasma folate deficiency. 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