Serum zinc is a major predictor of anemia and mediates the effect of selenium on hemoglobin in school-aged children in a nationally representative survey in New Zealand

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1670-1676

  Houghton, Lisa A ^a   Parnell, Winsome R ^a   Thomson, Christine D ^a   Green, Timothy J ^b   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobin; Risk factors; School aged children; Selenium; Vitamin D; Zinc

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D; ZINC; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SELENIUM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84988409789     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.235127     Document Type: Article

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