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| Title: | Subclinical vitamin a deficiency in pre-school children living in urban slums of Dhaka City |
| Authors: | Wahed, M.A.
Haque, Rashidul
Rahman, A.S.M. Hamidur
Talukder, Sadiqur R
Albert, M.John
Alvarez, J.O. |
| Keywords: | Vitamin A dificiency
Preschool-Childs
Bangladesh |
| Issue Date: | Mar-1998 |
| Citation: | J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1998 Mar;16(1):31-2 |
| Abstract: | Objective: Assess the biochemical evidence of vitamin A deficiency in pre-school children living in the urban slums of Dhaka Methodology: To examine the separate and combined effects of low-dose 6-carotene supplementation and anti-helminthic therapy, 226 children aged 2-5 years from different slums in Mirpur thana were recruited for this study. All children were free from apparent illness, frank malnutrition, and sign of clinically evident vitamin A deficiency. Their serum B-carotene and retinol levels were measured using high pressure liquid chro-matography.
Results: The mean (range) serum B-carotene and retinol levels were 5.67 (2.6-21.7) and 18.9 (5.6-37.3) mg/ dl respectively. Fifty-seven percent of the children were vitamin A-deficient based on the serum retinol level (<20 mg/dl). About 20% of the children had no measurable 8-carotede in their serum. Neither serum retinol nor 6-carotene showed any relationship with age or nutritional status.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicate a high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among the pre-school children in urban slums. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/336 |
| ISSN: | 0253 |
| Appears in Collections: | Child health conference papers
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