Thiamin status in normal and malnourished children in Jamaica.
Thiamin status has been measured using the erythrocyte transketolase (EC 2.2.1.1) assay in twenty-eight normal children and in twenty-five severely-malnourished children throughout the course of recovery. Subclinical thiamin deficiency was found in 7% of the normal children and 36% of the malnourished children on admission. There was no significant association between thiamin status and oedema, stunting or wasting, history of breast-feeding, pattern of weaning, age or sex. Five malnourished children, who died, all had a normal thiamin status on admission; however, two developed biochemical evidence of thiamin deficiency preterminally.
D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000097:blood*; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D014174:Transketolase / Q000097:blood
D014174:Transketolase; D013831:Thiamine