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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2012
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- Iron, zinc, copper and magnesium nutritional status in Mexican children aged 1 to 11 years Ma. del Carmen Morales-Ruán Salvador Villalpando Armando García-Guerra Teresa Shamah-Levy Ricardo Robledo-Pérez Marco Antonio Ávila-Arcos Juan A Rivera Salud Iron zinc copper Mexico children To describe the micronutrient nutritional status of a national sample of 1-11 year old Mexican children surveyed in 2006 in National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT 2006) and their association with dietary and sociodemographic factors. Materials and methods. Serum samples were used (n=5 060) to measure the concentrations of ferritin, transferrin receptor, zinc, copper and magnesium. Results. Prevalence of deficiencies in 1-4 and 5-11y old children were for iron (using low ferritin) 26.0 and 13.0%; zinc, 28.1 and 25.8%, respectively; and copper, ¿30% in both age groups. Magnesium low serum concentrations (MLSC), were found in 12.0% and 28.4% of the children, respectively. Being beneficiary of Liconsa (OR=0.32; C.I.95%, 0.17-0.61) or belonging to higher socioeconomic status (OR=0.63; C.I.95%, 0.41-0.97) were protective against iron deficiency. Increasing age (OR=0.59; C.I.95%, 1.19¿1.32) and living in the Central Region (OR=0.59; C.I.95%, 0.36-0.97) were protective against MLSC. Conclusions. Deficiencies of iron and zinc are serious public health problems in Mexican children. 2012 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10623054005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.2 Vol.54