title: Serum non-esterified fatty acid in undernourished children during recovery.
abstract: Seventy-one children from five to sixty months of age with protein-energy malnutrition were classified into compensated and incompensated groups. Serum non-esterified fatty acid concentration was determined in every child at admission and in a control group of thirty-one well-nourished children. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences between the three groups. Twenty of the undernourished patients were subjected to follow-up study at weekly intervals. Ten out of the twenty recovered immediately, showing signficantly decreasing serum non-esterified fatty acid concentrations in the weekly intervals. The other ten did not present any definite pattern of behaviour.
mesh_terms: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood* / Q000178:diet therapy
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified