Prevalencia de deficiencia de hierro y yodo, y parasitosis en niños de Arandas, Jalisco, México / Prevalence of iron and iodine deficiency and parasitosis in children from Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico

Objetivo. Estimar la prevalencia de deficiencia de hierro, yodo y parasitosis en niños que asisten al Instituto Alteño para el Desarrollo de Jalisco (Inadej), Arandas, Jalisco, México. Material y métodos. Estudio transversal efectuado entre 1997 y 1999 con 432 niños de 12 a 120 meses de edad, de nuevo ingreso al Inadej. Se determinaron variables hematológicas, yodo en orina y presencia de parásitos. Se utilizaron las pruebas Ji cuadrada y t de Student en variables no paramétricas y paramétricas. Resultados. Hubo más anemia (20 vs 7.4 por ciento p=0.007) y deficiencia de hierro (60.9 vs 44.4 por ciento p=0.02) en prescolares que en escolares. El 29 por ciento presentaron deficiencia de yodo (10.5 por ciento moderada o grave) y 47.2 por ciento parasitosis. Predominaron G. lamblia y E. histolytica. Bajo salario, sexo masculino y no tener seguridad social se asociaron con parasitosis. Conclusiones. La elevada prevalencia de deficiencia de hierro, yodo y parasitosis obliga al sector salud estatal a ejecutar medidas eficaces para abatir estas enfermedades prevenibles.

Objective. To estimate the prevalence of iron deficiency, iodine deficiency and parasitosis in children attending the Instituto Alteño para el Desarrollo de Jalisco ((Highlands Institute for Development of Jalisco State, INADEJ), Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico. Material and Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted between 1997 and 1999, among 432 children aged 12 to 120 months attending the INADEJ. Measurements included hematological values, urine iodine concentration, and presence of parasites. Student's t test chi square tests were used for parametric and non-parametric analysis. Results. The prevalence figures of anemia (20 vs 7.4 percent, p=0.007) and iron deficiency (60.9 vs 44.4 percent, p=0.02) were higher in preschool than in school children. Iodine deficiency was found in 29 percent (10.5 percent moderate or severe) and parasitosis in 47.2 percent of children, mainly E. histolytica (30.2 percent) and G. lamblia (28.9 percent). Low income, male gender and lack of social security policy holding were associated to parasitosis. Conclusions. The high prevalence rates of iron deficiency, iodine deficiency, and parasitosis, should be addressed by state health services with effective interventions to restrain these preventable diseases.

EVALUATION OF BIOAVAILABILITY OF IRON IN Fe-ENRICHED YEASTII. FEEDING STUDY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN / 营养学报

135 children, aged 18-36 months, were selected from two nurseries and divided into 3 groups. To children in group A, Fe-enriched yeast fortified "Bao Bao Le" formula powder (40+5g per capita per day) was given instead of soybean milk and soybean curd in the ordinary nursery diet. Unfortified "Bao Bao Le" was given to group B as another test food. Children in group C, serving as control, were given ordinary nursery diet. This experiment lasted for three months. Dietary survey, Hb, FEP, SF, serum uric acid concentration, vitamin B2 and C loading tests (4 h) , and anthropometric measurements were determined before and after the experiment.No statistically significant differences were observed in nutrient intake, vitamin loading tests and serum uric acid (seeking for nuclecic acid metabolite) in each group before and after the experiment. At the end of the experiment, changes of Hb, FEP, SF concentration and FEP/Hb indicated that iron status of children in group A was much better than that in groups B and C, with no significant differences between the latter groups. Weight gain and height increment of children in group C were much less than those in groups A and B, with no significant differences between the latter groups too. Therefore we conclude that the improvement of iron status in group A is due to the effect of Fe-enriched yeast contained in the fortified "Bao Bao Le" formula powder.

EFFECT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA ON MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN / 营养学报

In this article, we applied single multiple factor analysis and paired iron supplement test to determine the effect of IDA on mental development in 6-36 months infants and children.333 infants and children aged from 6 to 36 months in kindergarten were selected for the experiment. The social environment, physical condition, developmental quotient (DQ), and so on were investigated. The results showed that the DQ in IDA infants (95.32, 9.47) was lower than that of the normal (101.62,10.28) P

STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRON STATUS AND DIETARY PATTERNS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN / 营养学报

A nutrition survey, covering a total of 4801 preschool children in 6 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, has been carried out. The objective was to determine the effects of various dietary patterns on the blood hemoglobin, free erythrocyte proporphyrin, and serum ferritin values. The results indicated a high prevalence of iron deficiency (average 51.9%). Iron deficiency anemia was detected in 16.4% of the children examined and the incidence rate was particularly high among infants at the age group of 6 months and one year, which was 28.7% and 22.9% respectively. The dietary patterns were different in the above geographic areas. The results of dietary survey revealed that a low incidence of iron deficiency was found in those children who consumed more animal food and protein.