Malnutrition and Infection

Keusch, Gerald T.; Katz, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-7210-7_10

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“…Once an individual becomes sick, development of bones and teeth may be further im- paired due to decreased dietary intake and depletion of essential nutrients during illness and recovery (Frisancho, 1978;Keusch and Katz, 1979). In the four Guatemalan communities from which this sample was drawn, illness is associated with significant reductions in home dietary intake (Martorell et al, 1980).…”

Section: Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of bone and enamel formation to nutritional supplementation and morbidity among malnourished Guatemalan children

May

Goodman

Meindl

1993

American J Phys Anthropol

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The effects of changes in nutritional and health status upon bone and enamel development are examined in a sample of 63 rural Guatemalan children (24 females, 39 males). The number of ossified hand-wrist centers at 3 years and the number of linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH) in approximately 0-3 year zones of developing teeth were used to monitor the response of bone mineralization and enamel matrix formation to illness and nutritional supplementation. Numbers of ossified centers and LEH were compared across sex, supplementation, and morbidity groups. Enamel matrix secretion responded positively to increased supplementation. Children who received less than 34.25 kcal/day in supplement had more LEH than those who received more supplement. No differences in ossification status were found between supplementation groups. These data suggest that enamel formation may be more sensitive to changes in nutritional status than is bone mineralization. Disruptions of bone and enamel formation were both associated with frequent illness. Children who were ill more than 3.6% of the time had more LEH and fewer ossified hand-wrist centers than children who were less frequently ill. Conclusions regarding relative environmental sensitivity must take into account the specific aspects of dental and skeletal development examined.

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Section: Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of bone and enamel formation to nutritional supplementation and morbidity among malnourished Guatemalan children

May

Goodman

Meindl

1993

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…The prevalence rate of DIARRHEAS increases significatively (0.1% significance.) with malnourishment pointing to an immunological deficiency due to the nutritional status being defficient, as vastly reported before (14,17). The ability to recover is in both cases worse among the patients with PEM.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

“…The lengths of hospitalization times increase significantly in M2 and M3 when compared to E and Mi (Tables II, III, IV, V). In the case of DIARRHEAS a contributing factor to this are the local alterations in the gastro-intestinal tract which are present in the malnourished patients (17,18,19).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pediatric patients malnutrition and its relation to hospitalization times and causes

Guimarey¹

1984

Early Child Development and Care

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Selected immune responses of adult cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) to dietary restriction

Lochmiller

Vestey

McMurry

1993

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology

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Malnutrition and Infection

Cited by 5 publications

References 125 publications

Response of bone and enamel formation to nutritional supplementation and morbidity among malnourished Guatemalan children

Response of bone and enamel formation to nutritional supplementation and morbidity among malnourished Guatemalan children

Pediatric patients malnutrition and its relation to hospitalization times and causes

Selected immune responses of adult cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) to dietary restriction

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