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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-3-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
In a study of periurban Guatemalan school-children (89 males, 73 females) aged 81.5 +/- 7.0 mo (mean +/- SD), height, weight, arm circumference, and triceps-skinfold-thickness (TSF) measurements were examined in relation to plasma and hair zinc concentrations, plasma and red blood cell alkaline phosphatase activities, recognition thresholds for salt (RTS), delayed-cutaneous hypersensitivity response to seven recall skin test antigens, and cognitive measures. Children were stunted [median height-for-age (HA) Z score -1.49] but not wasted [median weight-for-height (WH) Z score 0.20], with median midarm muscle area (MAMA) and midarm-fat area (MAFA) Z scores of -0.57 and -0.35, respectively. Of the children, 63.5% of males and 44.1% of females had hair zinc < 1.68 mumol/g (P < 0.05); 12.3% of males and 1.5% of females had plasma zinc < 10.71 mumol/L (P < 0.05). Children with hair zinc < 1.68 mumol/g had higher (P < 0.05) medians for WA Z and WH Z scores, RTS, and phytic acid intake than did those with hair zinc > or = 1.68 mumol/g. Zinc status explained some of the variance in growth (HA, WA, and WH Z scores), body composition (MAFA Z scores), and taste acuity. Suboptimal zinc status arose partly from diets low in readily available zinc.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0002-9165
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
57
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
334-43
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Aging,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Alkaline Phosphatase,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Anthropometry,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Body Composition,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Body Height,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Body Weight,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Diet,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Growth,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Guatemala,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Hair,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Nutritional Status,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Skinfold Thickness,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Urban Population,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Weight Gain,
pubmed-meshheading:8438767-Zinc
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pubmed:year |
1993
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Growth and body composition of periurban Guatemalan children in relation to zinc status: a cross-sectional study.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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