Hb level in relation to vitamin D status in healthy infants and toddlers.
Summary of "Hb level in relation to vitamin D status in healthy infants and toddlers."
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the presence of an association between vitamin D deficiency and anaemia in Jordanian infants and toddlers, in whom both vitamin D deficiency and anaemia have previously been proved to be common separately.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional prospective study.
SETTING:
Department of Paediatrics, Princess Rahma Teaching Hospital, Jordan.
SUBJECTS:
Healthy infants and children aged 6-36 months who were seen for primary care.
RESULTS:
Out of 203 infants and toddlers included in the study, the anaemia prevalence was 40·4 %. The prevalence of anaemia among infants (n 110) was 51·8 %, whereas it was 26·9 % among toddlers (n 93). No association between vitamin D status and anaemia was found.
CONCLUSIONS:
Vitamin D deficiency is not a risk for anaemia in infants and toddlers.
Affiliation
1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid-22110, Jordan.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Public health nutrition
ISSN: 1475-2727
Pages: 1-5
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22391008
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980012000730
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Vitamin E Deficiency
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN E in the diet, characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, and disturbances of gait, proprioception, and vibration. In premature infants vitamin E deficiency is associated with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytosis, edema, intraventricular hemorrhage, and increasing risk of retrolental fibroplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. An apparent inborn error of vitamin E metabolism, named familial isolated vitamin E deficiency, has recently been identified. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1181)
Vitamin K
A lipid cofactor that is required for normal blood clotting. Several forms of vitamin K have been identified: VITAMIN K 1 (phytomenadione) derived from plants, VITAMIN K 2 (menaquinone) from bacteria, and synthetic naphthoquinone provitamins, VITAMIN K 3 (menadione). Vitamin K 3 provitamins, after being alkylated in vivo, exhibit the antifibrinolytic activity of vitamin K. Green leafy vegetables, liver, cheese, butter, and egg yolk are good sources of vitamin K.
Inositol
An isomer of glucose that has traditionally been considered to be a B vitamin although it has an uncertain status as a vitamin and a deficiency syndrome has not been identified in man. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1379) Inositol phospholipids are important in signal transduction.
Vitamin K Deficiency
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN K in the diet, characterized by an increased tendency to hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1182)
Nutritional Status
State of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients.
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