ArticleNutrients2021
Zinc Nutritional Status in a Series of Children with Chronic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- The Interaction of Zinc as an Essential Trace Element withAdvanced biomedical research · 2024Review
- Association between dietary zinc intake andFrontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Magnesium Status and Ca/Mg Ratios in a Series of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Diseases.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Magnesium Status and Calcium/Magnesium Ratios in a Series of Cystic Fibrosis Patients.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Mechanistic Impact of Zinc Deficiency in Human Development.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Copper and Copper/Zn Ratio in a Series of Children with Chronic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundZinc is an essential trace element for the normal growth and development of human beings. The main objective was to evaluate the nutritional status of zinc and its association with nutritional indicators in a series of children with chronic diseases.
methodsThe prevalence of patients with dietary zinc deficiency or deficit zinc intake (<80% DRI: dietary reference intake) was analyzed through prospective 72 h dietary surveys, and serum zinc deficiency or hypozincemia (≤70 µg/dL in children under 10 years of age in both sexes and in females older than 10 years and <74 μg/dL in males older than 10 years) was measured through atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The participants were classified according to their nutritional status by body mass index (BMI).
resultsMean serum zinc level in obese (87 µg/dL), undernourished (85 µg/dL), and eutrophic children (88 µg/dL) were normal, but in the undernutrition (60% DRI) and eutrophic (67% DRI) groups the mean dietary zinc intake was low compared to that in the obesity group (81% DRI). There were different associations between nutritional parameters, dietary zinc intake, and serum zinc. All patients with hypozincemia had dietary zinc deficiency.
conclusionsIn the whole series, 69% of participants showed a zinc intake lower than recommended and might be at high risk of zinc deficiency.
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