| Literature DB >> 8237842 |
F Ahmed1, S Barua, M Mohiduzzaman, N Shaheen, M A Bhuyan, B M Margetts, A A Jackson.
Abstract
The relationship between biochemical, anthropometric, and sociodemographic indexes was investigated in 242 children aged 5-12 y from five schools in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. As height-for-age increased so too did the mean serum concentrations of hemoglobin, protein, vitamin A, and zinc; serum copper concentrations were highest in the shortest group. Serum copper concentrations were highest in those with the lowest serum vitamin A concentrations. By multiple regression analysis, family income, age, weight-for-age, hemoglobin, and serum copper were strongly related to serum vitamin A. For every unit change in serum vitamin A there was a 4.92 unit change in hemoglobin, when all the other factors were taken into account. This study shows that there is a complex interaction between concentrations of biochemical indexes of nutritional status and other anthropometric, biochemical, and sociodemographic variables.Entities:
Keywords: Anthropometry; Asia; Bangladesh; Biology; Body Height; Body Weight; Child Development; Child Nutrition; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Growth; Health; Hemic System; Hemoglobin Level; Measurement; Nutrition; Nutrition Indexes; Nutrition Surveys; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Research Report; School Age Population; Serum Copper Level; Serum Zinc Level; Southern Asia; Urban Population; Vitamin A; Vitamins
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8237842 DOI： 10.1093/ajcn/58.3.334
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Clin Nutr ISSN： 0002-9165 Impact factor: 7.045