Current zinc status among a healthy population in Duhok City, Iraq

العناوين الأخرى

حالة الخارصين الحالية لدى السكان الأصحاء في مدينة دهوك، العراق

المؤلفون المشاركون

Mahmud, Hivi M.
al-Tamimi, Diya J.

المصدر

Duhok Medical Journal

الناشر

جامعة دهوك كلية الطب

تاريخ النشر

2012-12-31

دولة النشر

العراق

عدد الصفحات

7

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص الإنجليزي

Background and Objectives: Mild-moderate zinc deficiency is common in several developing countries, because the commonly consumed staple foods have low zinc contents and are rich in phytates, which is known to decrease the availability of zinc.

Hence, the present study was conducted to determine the current zinc status among a sample selected from a healthy population in Duhok City, Iraq.

Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry/School of Medicine/Faculty of Medical Science-University of Duhok during the period of September 2009 to June 2010.A total of 332 healthy subjects (aged from 6 years to more than 65 years) living in different areas of Duhok city were enrolled in the study.

We used a pre-tested questionnaire, which was designed to obtain information on gender, birth dates, height, weight, residence, and social status.

Serum zinc level was measured for each subject.

We considered subject with serum zinc concentration of <50 ug/dl zinc deficient and 50-70 ug/dl mild-moderate zinc deficient.

Results: Significantly lower mean values of serum Zinc concentrations was demonstrated in children and adolescents compared to the other age groups (P<0.05 and p<0.01) respectively.

Of the three hundred thirty-two subjects, 10% (n=33) had mild-moderate zinc deficiency.

Children and adolescents had a higher prevalence of zinc deficiency than adults (47.6% and53.8% Vs 3.5%).

Severe zinc deficiency was not found in any of the subjects.

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Significantly lower mean serum zinc concentration values were observed in subjects with lower social status and in those living in rural areas.

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There was no significant gender difference in mean serum zinc concentration for all studied subjects.

Subjects with normal weight had lower mean serum zinc concentration as compared to those with over weight or obese, but the difference was not significant (p=0.09).

Conclusions: Mild-moderate zinc deficiencies were observed in the studied subjects with a higher prevalence in children and adolescents, and thus it necessitates the need for an effective public health intervention means to improve the zinc status of the population

نوع البيانات

أوراق مؤتمرات

رقم السجل

BIM-831980

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