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ArticleBMC pediatrics2022

Dietary vitamin A intakes of chinese children with adequate liver stores as assessed by the retinol isotope dilution technique.

Jing Zeng, Yanming Li, Yan Ren, Weiwei Gu, Zhaolin Li, Mei Yang, Bing Xiang

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing ZengSchool of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, China. zengjing@wust.edu.cn.
Yanming LiSchool of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yan RenSchool of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Weiwei GuShiyan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 442000, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Zhaolin LiShiyan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 442000, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Mei YangResearch Center for Health Promotion in Women, Youth and Children, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Bing XiangResearch Center for Health Promotion in Women, Youth and Children, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Wuhan University of Science and Technology · CNPeople's Hospital of Shiyan · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe attempted to estimate dietary vitamin A requirements based on dietary vitamin A intake in well-nourished Chinese children with adequate liver vitamin A reserves.

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in a kindergarten and an elementary school in Shiyan city, Hubei province of China from December 2009 to July 2010. After screening, 60 children (22 aged 4 ~ 6 y and 38 aged 7 ~ 9 y) were randomly subjected to a 3-d or 18-d deuterated-retinol-dilution (DRD) procedure to evaluate the vitamin A reserves in the body and liver. Dietary intakes of vitamin A were estimated from two (one in winter and one in summer) consecutive 3-day weighed food records and dietary recalls.

resultsThe dietary vitamin A intakes were significantly correlated with vitamin A stores in the body and liver, but not with the serum level of retinol. The dietary vitamin A intakes were 476.9 ± 196.7 µg retinol equivalent (RE) (or 377.7 ± 166.2 µg retinol activity equivalent (RAE)) / day for 4 ~ 6 y children and 529.1 ± 87.2 µg RE/d (or 464.0 ± 81.1 µg RAE/d) for 7 ~ 9 y children with adequate liver vitamin A reserves. The estimated liver stores of vitamin A derived from both time points (3-d and 18-d) were similar.

conclusionAdequate dietary vitamin A intakes among the well-nourished Chinese children were estimated to be 477 µg RE/d (95%CI 385 ~ 570) or 378 µg RAE/d (95%CI 304 ~ 441) for 4 ~ 6 y children and 529 µg RE/d (95%CI 500 ~ 560) or 464 µg RAE/d (95%CI 437 ~ 491) for 7 ~ 9 y children. Although it needs to be verified in a larger population of different regions in China, our results provide important data to establish the dietary requirement of vitamin A specifically for Chinese children.

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LiverVitamin AChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEatingHumansIndicator Dilution TechniquesIsotopesIsotopesVitamin AAdequate intakeChildrenDeuterated-retinol-dilutionDietary requirementVitamin A

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