Vitamin E status in Sudanese children with protein-energy malnutrition.
Total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were estimated in the plasma of children with severe malnutrition (14 marasmus; 11 marasmic kwashiorkor; five kwashiorkor) and related to the total plasma lipids and different plasma lipid classes. If the mere plasma concentrations were taken as an index of the vitamin E status, five children with marasmus, five children with marasmic kwashiorkor, and two children with kwashiorkor would have been regarded as deficient (less than 500 micrograms/dl). However, if total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were related to the total plasma lipids, all malnourished children--except one--showed values within the limits found in healthy American children. The study shows that low tocopherol/lipid ratios are not a constant feature in severely malnourished children.
Ahmed
H M
HM
Gezira University, Dept. of Pediatrics, Wad Medani, Sudan.
Laryea
M D
MD
el-Karib
A O
AO
el-Amin
E O
EO
Biggemann
B
B
Leichsenring
M
M
Mayatepek
E
E
Bremer
H J
HJ
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000097:blood*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood*; D013397:Sudan; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D014810:Vitamin E; D002784:Cholesterol