title: Zinc and iron status and growth in healthy infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To elucidate the relationships between growth and zinc and iron status in normal infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Growth of normal infants (less than 3 y old: n = 66) was prospectively assessed with a mean delay of 24+/-6 weeks between measurements; subjects were free from illness and presented with a normal growth. Growth was compared to serum zinc (s-zinc), IGF-1 and iron status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teaching hospital of Caen.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No relation was found between linear or weight growth and s-zinc; when taking into account the effect of age, linear growth was significantly associated with ferritin (P<0.001); weight gain was significantly correlated with IGF-1 (P = 0.034) and ferritin (P = 0.008). No relationship was found between s-zinc and iron status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In normal infants iron status, more than serum zinc, seems to be correlated with growth.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Digestive et Nutritionnelle and Service de Pédiatrie A, CHU de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouglé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laroche
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bureau
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005602:France; D006128:Growth / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015430:Weight Gain; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc