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[Vitamin levels in children with latent iron deficiency]
Insights
Children aged 9-15 often have vitamin deficiencies, particularly ascorbic acid and pyridoxine. Latent iron deficiency exacerbates these vitamin shortfalls, highlighting the need for vitamin repletion in treatment.
Area of Science:
- Biochemistry
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Human Physiology
Context:
- Investigated vitamin status in 108 children aged 9-15 years.
- Focused on ascorbic acid, vitamins A, E, thiamine, riboflavin, and pyridoxine.
- Examined the relationship between latent iron deficiency and vitamin provision.
Purpose:
- To biochemically assess the vitamin status of children.
- To identify prevalent vitamin deficiencies in pediatric populations.
- To explore the link between iron status and overall vitamin sufficiency.
Summary:
- Significant vitamin deficiencies were found across all assessed vitamins, with ascorbic acid and pyridoxine showing the highest prevalence.
- Vitamin deficiency presented as polyhypovitaminosis, indicating multiple simultaneous deficiencies.
- Children with latent iron deficiency exhibited poorer vitamin status and higher incidence of specific vitamin deficiencies compared to their normal counterparts.
Impact:
- Highlights the critical role of vitamin normalization in managing latent iron deficiency in children.
- Suggests that addressing vitamin deficiencies may be a key component in the preventive treatment strategies for children with latent iron deficiency.
- Underscores the importance of comprehensive nutritional assessment in pediatric care, particularly for vulnerable groups.
Abstract:
Providing with ascorbic acid, vitamins A and E, thiamine, riboflavin and pyridoxine was biochemically investigated in 108 children aged from 9 to 15 years. Significant disorders in the providing with all these vitamins were observed, the highest deficiency of ascorbic acid and pyridoxine being recorded. Vitamin deficiency in children was expressed as polyhypovitaminosis. Children with latent iron deficiency are less provided with vitamins than normal children, and the incidence of this or that vitamin deficiency in them is higher. The data obtained have evidenced that normalization of the body providing with vitamins should play an important role in the preventive treatment of children with latent iron deficiency.