Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33888923›Full record

ArticleNigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association

Serum Zinc Levels in Apparently Healthy Children in Nigeria: Are They Acceptable.

Chukwu Uchenna Kennedy, Nduagubam Obinna Chukwuebuka, Ekwochi Uchenna

Open access · diamondAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chukwu Uchenna KennedyDepartment of Pediatrics, Enugu State University College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria.
Nduagubam Obinna ChukwuebukaDepartment of Pediatrics, Enugu State University College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria.
Ekwochi UchennaDepartment of Pediatrics, Enugu State University College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria.
Enugu State University of Science and Technology · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDespite the importance of zinc in the human body, there is paucity of data on the zinc status of Nigerian children. The aim of this study was to determine the serum zinc levels of children attending the pediatric outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria and to assess their need for routine zinc supplementation. MATERIALS AND

methodsOne hundred children aged 5-60 months were recruited consecutively from the pediatric outpatient clinic. Their socioeconomic class (SEC) was assessed using the tool developed by Oyedeji. Physical examination was carried out to exclude malnutrition and/or liver disease. Samples were collected in the morning from nonfasting subjects and were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Serum zinc deficiency was defined as zinc level <80 μg/dl.

resultsThe overall median (range) serum zinc level was 83.3ug/dl (60-105 μg/dl) while the median (mean rank) serum zinc levels among male and female subjects were 83.4 μg/dl and 84.2ug/dl, respectively (

conclusionA significant proportion of Under-5s could have low serum zinc levels. Routine zinc supplementation may be necessary among this age group in Nigeria.

Indexed as

Childrenserumzinc levels

Identifiers

PMID33888923
PMCPMC8040947
OpenAlexW3118203832

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.