Weakness of biochemical markers of nutritional and inflammatory status as prognostic indices for growth retardation and morbidity of young children in central Africa

Article Abstract:

A population-based follow-up study of a cohort of African children was done to determine the degree of correlation between biochemical markers of nutritional and inflammatory status and the occurrence of growth retardation and morbidity. The results revealed that biomarkers have no significant effect on the risk of growth retardation and sickness among the constituents of the study population. Thus, biochemical measurements are not recommended as a way of risk scoring in non-hospitalized children.

Children, Growth, Growth (Physiology), Blood, Child development, Blood chemical analysis, Central African Republic

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Vitamin A deficiency and protein-energy malnutrition in a sample of pre-school age children in the Kivu province in Zaire

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Deficiency of hepatic vitamin A and protein-energy malnutrition are seen in a significant population of pre-school children in the Kivu province, Zaire. Relative Dose Response tests reveal that the mean serum albumin concentration and nutritional status of most children compare well with global values. The vitamin A deficiency produces few clinical cases of night blindness. The possible reasons for the absence of clinical signs of the deficiency are discussed.

Preschool children, Congo (Kinshasa), Malnutrition in children, Child malnutrition, Vitamin A deficiency in children

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The molar ratio of serum retinol-binding protein (RBP) to transthyretin (TTR) is not useful to assess vitamin A status during infection in hospitalised children

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the inability of the molar ratio of serum retinol-binding protein to transthyretin to diagnose vitamin A deficiency in children.

Belgium, Statistical Data Included, Analysis, Evaluation, Infection, Diagnosis, Pediatric diseases, Medical tests, Serum, Blood serum, Infection in children, Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein

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