Interactions between growth and nutrient status in school-age children of urban Bangladesh.
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.
Ahmed
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F
Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Barua
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S
Mohiduzzaman
M
M
Shaheen
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N
Bhuyan
M A
MA
Margetts
B M
BM
Jackson
A A
AA
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001459:Bangladesh; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014504:Urban Health; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood
D006454:Hemoglobins; D014801:Vitamin A; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc