PMID- 23587130
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131223
LR  - 20130520
IS  - 1618-1301 (Electronic)
IS  - 0018-442X (Linking)
VI  - 64
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Jun
TI  - Undernutrition in Santal children: a biochemical and hematological study.
PG  - 215-27
LID - S0018-442X(13)00082-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.006 [doi]
AB  - The nutritional status of the children can be measured by biochemical and 
      hematological parameters and dietary assessment. The objectives of the present 
      study were to evaluate the causes of the undernutrition in the surveyed Santal 
      children, where high degree of undernutrition exists, by measuring selected 
      hematological and biochemical parameters and dietary intake. Nutritional status 
      was assessed by height-for-age Z-score. Total count of red blood cells (RBC 
      count), packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin concentration (Hb%), mean 
      corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were measured. Biochemical parameters such as 
      serum iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), serum ferritin, serum 
      transferrin, transferrin saturation (TS) and serum albumin were also measured. 
      Serum iron, serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, hemoglobin level and serum 
      albumin of stunted children were significantly lower (p<0.05) than those in 
      children of normal stature. Total iron binding capacity and serum transferrin of 
      stunted children were significantly higher (p<0.05) than the values in children 
      of normal stature. More than 29% of surveyed children were suffering from iron 
      deficiency. Hemoglobin concentration was found to be strongly associated 
      (p<0.001) with the nutritional status. Dietary intake of almost all nutrients in 
      all age groups was found to be lower than the recommended dietary allowances 
      (RDA) in both sexes. A mild iron deficiency was found in stunted Santal children. 
      The stunting may be associated with the deficiency of specific nutrients such as 
      iron and protein in surveyed Santal children.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
FAU - Chowdhury, Sutanu Dutta
AU  - Chowdhury SD
AD  - Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700009, West Bengal, 
      India.
FAU - Ghosh, Tusharkanti
AU  - Ghosh T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130412
PL  - Germany
TA  - Homo
JT  - Homo : internationale Zeitschrift fur die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen
JID - 0374655
RN  - 0 (Serum Albumin)
RN  - 0 (Transferrin)
RN  - E1UOL152H7 (Iron)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/blood/complications
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Eating
MH  - Erythrocyte Count
MH  - Erythrocyte Indices
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Iron/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Malnutrition/*blood/complications/pathology
MH  - Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Serum Albumin/metabolism
MH  - Transferrin/metabolism
EDAT- 2013/04/17 06:00
MHDA- 2013/12/24 06:00
CRDT- 2013/04/17 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/04/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/04/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0018-442X(13)00082-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Homo. 2013 Jun;64(3):215-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.006. Epub 2013 Apr 12.