Iron and zinc supplementation improves indicators of vitamin A status of Mexican preschoolers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 789-794

  Muñoz, Elsa C ^b   Rosado, Jorge L ^a   López, Patricia ^b   Furr, Harold C ^b   Allen, Lindsay H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iron deficiency; Nutrient interactions; Preschoolers; RBP; Retinol binding protein; Transthyretin; Vitamin A deficiency; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 1642618146     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.3.789     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Rosado JL, Bourges H, Saint-Martin B. Deficiencia de vitaminas y minerales en México. Una revisión crítica del estado de la información: I. Deficiencia de minerals. (Deficiency of vitamins and minerals in Mexico. A critical review of the information state: I. Mineral deficiency.) Salud Publica Mex 1995;37:130-9 (in Spanish).
2. Rosado JL, Bourges H, Saint-Martin B. Deficiencia de vitaminas y minerales en México. Una revisión crítica del estado de la información: II. Deficiencia de vitaminas. (Deficiency of vitamins and minerals in Mexico. A critical review of the information state: II. Vitamin deficiency.) Salud Publica Mex 1995;37:452-61 (in Spanish).
3. Madrigal HF, Chávez A, Moreno-Terrazas O, et al. Consumo de alimentos y estado nutricional de la población en el medio rural Mexicano. (Food intake and nutritional status of rural Mexican population.) Rev Invest Clin Suppl 1986;38:9-19 (in Spanish).
4. Murphy SP, Beaton GH, Galloway DH. Estimated mineral intakes of toddlers: predicted prevalence of inadequacy in village populations in Egypt, Kenya, and Mexico. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;56:565-72.
5. Allen LH, Rosado JL, Casterline JE, López P, Muñoz EC, Martínez H. Lack of hemoglobin response to iron supplementation in anemic Mexican preschoolers with multiple micronutrient deficiencies. Am J Clin Nutr (in press).
6. Rosado JL, López P, Morales M, Muñoz EC, Allen LH. Unavailability of energy, nitrogen, fat, zinc, iron and calcium from rural and urban Mexican diets. Br J Nutr 1992;68:45-58.
7. Calloway DH, Murphy SP, Beaton GH, Lein D. Estimated vitamin intakes of toddlers: predicted prevalence of inadequacy in village populations in Egypt, Kenya, and Mexico. Am J Clin Nutr 1993; 58:376-84.
8. Allen LH. Nutritional influences on linear growth: a general review. Eur J Clin Nutr 1994;48(suppl):75-89.
9. Ronaghy H, Spivey Fox MR, Garn SM, et al. Controlled zinc supplementation for malnourished school boys: a pilot experiment. Am J Clin Nutr 1969;22:1279-89.
10. Rosado JL. Separate and joint effect of micronutrient deficiencies on linear growth. J Nutr 1999;129:531S-3S.
11. Tomkins A, Behrens R, Roy S. The role of vitamin A and zinc deficiency in diarrhoeal syndromes in developing countries. A review. Proc Nutr Soc 1993;52:131-42.
12. Rosado JL, López P, Muñoz E, Martínez H, Allen LH. Zinc supplementation reduced morbidity, hut neither zinc nor iron supplementation affected growth or body composition of Mexican preschoolers. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:13-9.
13. Sandstead HH, Penland JG, Alcock NW, et al. Effects of repletion with zinc and other micronutrients on neuropsychologic performance and growth of Chinese children. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68(suppl): 470S-5S.
14. Lozoff B, Jimenez E, Wolf AW. Long-term developmental outcome of infants with iron deficiency. N Engl J Med 1991;325:687-94.
15. Smith JC Jr, McDaniel EG, Fan FF, Halsted JA. Zinc: a trace element essential in vitamin A metabolism. Science 1973;181:954-5.
16. Smith JC Jr, Brown ED, McDaniel EG, Chan W. Alterations in vitamin A metabolism during zinc deficiency and food and growth restriction. J Nutr 1976;106:569-74.
17. Brown ED, Chan W, Smith JC Jr. Vitamin A metabolism during the repletion of zinc deficient rats. J Nutr 1976;106:563-8.
18. Mobarhan S, Greenberg B, Mehta R, Friedman H, Batch D. Zinc deficiency reduces hepatic cellular retinol-binding protein in rats. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1992;62:148-54.
19. Glover J, Muhilal H. Nutritional factors affecting the biosynthesis of retinol-binding protein in the liver and its release into plasma. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1976;46:239-43.
20. Ette SI, Basu TK, Dickerson JWT. Short-term effects of zinc sulfate on plasma and hepatic concentrations of vitamin A and E in normal weanling rats. Nutr Metab 1979;23:11-6.
21. Duncan JR, Hurley LS. An interaction between zinc and vitamin A in pregnant and fetal rats. J Nutr 1978;108:1432-8.
22. Baly DL, Golub MS, Gershwin ME, Hurley LS. Studies of marginal zinc deprivation in Rhesus monkeys. III. Effects on vitamin A metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr 1984;40:199-207.
23. Shingwekar AG, Mohanram M, Reddy V. Effect of zinc supplementation on plasma levels of vitamin A and retinol-binding protein in malnourished children. Clin Chim Acta 1979;93:97-100.
24. Hustead VA, Greger JL, Gulcher GR. Zinc supplementation and plasma concentration of vitamin A in preterm infants. Am J Clin Nutr 1988;47:1017-21.
25. Morrison SA, Russell RM, Carney FA, Oaks EV. Zinc deficiency: a cause of abnormal dark adaptation in cirrhotics. Am J Clin Nutr 1978;31:276-81.
26. Palin D, Underwood BA, Denning CR. The effect of oral zinc supplementation on plasma levels of vitamin A and retinol-binding protein in cystic fibrosis. Am J Clin Nutr 1979;32:12.53-9.
27. Udomkesmalee E, Dhanamitta S, Sirisinha S, et al. Effect of vitamin A and zinc supplementation on the nutriture of children in northeast Thailand. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;56:50-7.
28. Blackfan KD, Wolbach SB. Vitamin A deficiency in infants. A clinical and pathological study. J Pediatr 1933;3:679-706.
29. Hodges RE, Sauberlich HE, Canham JE, et al. Hematopoietic studies in vitamin A deficiency. Am J Clin Nutr 1978;31:876-85.
30. Mejía LA, Hodges RE, Rucker RB. Role of vitamin A in the absorption, retention and distribution of iron in the rat. J Nutr 1979; 109:129-37.
31. Staab DV, Hodges RE, Metcalf WK, Smith JL. Relationship between vitamin A and iron in the liver. J Nutr 1984;114:840-4.
32. Sijtsma KW, Van den Berg GJ, Lemmens AG, West CE, Beynen AC. Iron status in rats fed diets containing marginal amounts of vitamin A. Br J Nutr 1993;70:777-85.
33. Muhilal H, Permeisih D, Idjradinata YR, Muherdiyantiningsih, Karyadi D. Vitamin A-fortified monosodium glutamate and health, growth, and survival of children: a controlled field trial. Am J Clin Nutr 1988;48:1271-6.
34. Mejía LA, Arroyave G. Lack of direct association between serum transferrin and serum biochemical indicators of vitamin A nutriture. Acta Vitaminol Enzymol 1983;5:179-84.
35. Mejía LA, Chew F. Hematological effect of supplementing anemic children with vitamin A alone and in combination with iron. Am J Clin Nutr 1988;48:595-600.
36. Bloem MW, Wedel M, Egger RJ, et al. Iron metabolism and vitamin A deficiency in children in northeast Thailand. Am J Clin Nutr 1989;50:332-8.
37. Mohanran M, Kulkarni KA, Reddy V. Hematological studies in vitamin A deficient children. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1977;47:389-93.
38. Mejía LA, Arroyave G. The effect of vitamin A fortification of sugar on iron metabolism in preschool children in Guatemala. Am J Clin Nutr 1982;36:87-93.
39. Bloem MW, Wedel M, van Agtmaal EJ, Speek AJ, Saowakontha S, Schreurs WH. Vitamin A intervention: short-term effects of a single, oral massive dose on iron metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr 1990;51:76-9.
40. Allen LH, Rosado JL, Casterline JE, Martínez H, López P, Muñoz EC. Vitamin B-12 deficiency and malabsorption are highly prevalent in rural Mexican communities. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62: 1013-9.
41. Rosado JL, Muñoz EC, López P, Allen LH. Absorption of zinc sulfate, methionine, and polyascorbate in the presence and absence of a plant-based rural Mexican diet. Nutr Res 1993;13:1141-51.
42. Smith JC, Butrimovitz GP, Purdy WC. Direct measurement of zinc in plasma by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Clin Chem 1979; 25:1487-91.
43. Barua AB, Furr HC, Janick-Buckner D, Olson JA. Simultaneous analysis of individual carotenoids, retinol, retinyl esters and tocopherols in serum by isocratic non-aqueous reversed-phase HPLC. Food Chem 1993;46:419-24.
44. SAS Institute Inc. SAS user's guide: statistics. 5th ed. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc, 1985.
45. Gibson RS. Principles of nutritional assessment. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
46. Wolde-Gebriel Z, West CE, Gebru H, et al. Interrelationships between vitamin A, iodine and iron status in schoolchildren in Shoa Region, Central Ethiopia. Br J Nutr 1993;70:593-607.
47. Majía LA, Hodges RE, Arroyave G, Viteri F, Torun B. Vitamin A deficiency and anemia in Central American children. Am J Clin Nutr 1977;30:1175-84.
48. Suharno D, West CE, Muhilal, et al. Cross-sectional study on the iron and vitamin A status of pregnant women in West Java, Indonesia. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;56:988-93.
49. Semba RD, Muhilal H, West KP Jr. Impact of vitamin A supplementation on hematological indicators of iron metabolism and protein status in children. Nutr Res 1992;12:469-78.
50. Roodenburg AJC, West CE, Hovenier R, Beynen AC. Supplemental vitamin A enhances the recovery from iron deficiency in rats with chronic vitamin A deficiency. Br J Nutr 1996;75:623-36.
51. National Research Council. Recommended dietary allowances. 10th ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1989.
52. Arroyave G. Interrelationships between protein and vitamin A metabolism. Am J Clin Nutr 1969;22:1119-28.