Association between vitamin A supplementation and stunting and anemia in socially vulnerable Brazilian children.
Purpose: Vitamin A is related to concentrations of insulin-like growth factor type 1, a protein produced in response to growth hormone, and to increased mobilization of body iron stores. Thus, vitamin A aids in increased hematopoiesis and may be useful in preventing stunting and anemia. This study a...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Nutrition Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 3281 - 3289 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180549897&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180549897 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14366207 CR0 jtl: European Journal of Nutrition issn: 14366207 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 63 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 180549897 179163566 180549897 180549897 10.1007/s00394-024-03480-1 180549897 ppf: 3281 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Association between vitamin A supplementation and stunting and anemia in socially vulnerable Brazilian children. aug: au: Silva-Neto, Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro dos Santos Neto, João Eudes de Menezes Toledo Florêncio, Telma Maria affil: https://ror.org/02k5swt12 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu, 740 - Vila Clementino, 04023-062, São Paulo, SP, Brazil sug: subj: Special Populations In Infancy and Childhood Vitamin A Dietary Supplementation Growth Disorders Prevention and Control Anemia Prevention and Control Program Evaluation Brazil Funding Source Human Cross Sectional Studies Descriptive Statistics Anthropometry Male Female Infant Child, Preschool Confidence Intervals Hemoglobins Association (Research) Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Male Female ab: Purpose: Vitamin A is related to concentrations of insulin-like growth factor type 1, a protein produced in response to growth hormone, and to increased mobilization of body iron stores. Thus, vitamin A aids in increased hematopoiesis and may be useful in preventing stunting and anemia. This study aimed to identify the association between vitamin A supplementation from the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program instituted in Brazil and stunting and anemia in socially vulnerable Brazilian children. Methods: This is a Cross-sectional population-based study. Children aged 6–59 months old, living in favelas of a capital city in the Northeast of Brazil, were included. Sociodemographic variables were collected. Vitamin A supplementation was also evaluated using the child's vaccination card information. Anthropometric and capillary hemoglobin evaluations were performed to identify the presence of stunting and anemia, respectively. The association analysis was performed using Poisson regression with robust variance estimation. Results: 598 children participated in this study; 11.3% and 55.6% had stunting and anemia, respectively. As for vitamin A supplementation, 59.5% had taken at least one dose of the supplement,and 3.5% were on the complete supplementation scheme. In the adjusted association analysis, vitamin A supplementation decreased the likelihood of children having stunting and anemia by 8% (RP:0.86; 95% IC 0.86–0.98; p = 0.014) and 31% (RP:0.69; 95% IC 0.53–0.89; p = 0.004), respectively. Children who were fully supplemented were 58% (RP:0.42; 95% IC 0.24–0.77; p = 0.008) less likely to have anemia. Conclusion: Thus, vitamin A supplementation is a protective tool against stunting and anemia in children living in a situation of social vulnerability. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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