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A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency has been associated with increased incidence, severity and duration of childhood diarrhoea. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of zinc deficiency among under-five children with acute diarrhoea. METHODS: The study was a comparative cross-...

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Autores principales: Abolurin, Olufunmilola O, Oyelami, Oyeku A, Oseni, Saheed B
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7750047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402929
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i1.47
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author Abolurin, Olufunmilola O
Oyelami, Oyeku A
Oseni, Saheed B
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Oyelami, Oyeku A
Oseni, Saheed B
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description BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency has been associated with increased incidence, severity and duration of childhood diarrhoea. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of zinc deficiency among under-five children with acute diarrhoea. METHODS: The study was a comparative cross-sectional study in which serum zinc levels were determined using atomic absorption spectrometry in under-five children with acute diarrhoea and in apparently healthy contols. Two hundred and fifty children with acute diarrhoea and 250 controls were studied at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria. RESULTS: The diarrhoea patients had a mean ± SD serum zinc level of 78.8 ± 35.6 µg/dl, while the controls had a mean of 107.3 ± 46.8 µg/dl. The mean serum zinc level was significantly lower in the patients than the controls (t = -7.66; p < 0.001). Furthermore, the prevalence of zinc deficiency was significantly higher among the patients (30.4% versus 12.4% in the controls; OR = 3.09; 95% CI = 1.94 – 4.90; χ2 = 24.08; p < 0.001). Low social class was associated with a significantly higher prevalence of zinc deficiency among the patients (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION: Zinc deficiency is significantly associated with diarrhoea among under-five children in the study community. Hence, routine zinc supplementation should be encouraged for the treatment of diarrhoea, and availability should be ensured.
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spelling pubmed-77500472021-01-04 A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria Abolurin, Olufunmilola O Oyelami, Oyeku A Oseni, Saheed B Afr Health Sci Articles BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency has been associated with increased incidence, severity and duration of childhood diarrhoea. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of zinc deficiency among under-five children with acute diarrhoea. METHODS: The study was a comparative cross-sectional study in which serum zinc levels were determined using atomic absorption spectrometry in under-five children with acute diarrhoea and in apparently healthy contols. Two hundred and fifty children with acute diarrhoea and 250 controls were studied at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria. RESULTS: The diarrhoea patients had a mean ± SD serum zinc level of 78.8 ± 35.6 µg/dl, while the controls had a mean of 107.3 ± 46.8 µg/dl. The mean serum zinc level was significantly lower in the patients than the controls (t = -7.66; p < 0.001). Furthermore, the prevalence of zinc deficiency was significantly higher among the patients (30.4% versus 12.4% in the controls; OR = 3.09; 95% CI = 1.94 – 4.90; χ2 = 24.08; p < 0.001). Low social class was associated with a significantly higher prevalence of zinc deficiency among the patients (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION: Zinc deficiency is significantly associated with diarrhoea among under-five children in the study community. Hence, routine zinc supplementation should be encouraged for the treatment of diarrhoea, and availability should be ensured. Makerere Medical School 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7750047/ /pubmed/33402929 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i1.47 Text en © 2020 Abolurin OO et al. Licensee African Health Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abolurin, Olufunmilola O
Oyelami, Oyeku A
Oseni, Saheed B
A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title_full A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title_fullStr A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title_short A comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in SouthWestern Nigeria
title_sort comparative study of the prevalence of zinc deficiency among children with acute diarrhoea in southwestern nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7750047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402929
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i1.47
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