title: Vitamin E status in Sudanese children with protein-energy malnutrition.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gezira University, Dept. of Pediatrics, Wad Medani, Sudan.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Laryea
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: el-Karib
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: el-Amin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biggemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayatepek
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bremer
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D014810:Vitamin E; D002784:Cholesterol