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KMID : 1142920180020010167
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Public Health Affairs
2018 Volume.2 No. 1 p.167 ~ p.176
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Comparative Analysis of Vitamin D and Minerals in Normal Children and Children with Short Stature of Busan community child welfare center
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Kim Myung-Jin
Son Dong-Hyun
Suh Sun-Bok
Kim Hyung-Su
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Abstract
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Purpose: The vitamin D and zinc is important micronutrients but are frequently found deficient in the growth of children in their infancy and adolescence. The present study intend for the analysis of nutritional states and health promotion of short stature children in community child welfare center through an identification of correct measurements of zinc and vitamin D from health examination to be conducted.
Methods: The children, belonging to the range less than 5 percentiles of anthropometrical height, were diagnosed as short stature children based on the children growth curve in the health examination of community child welfare center. A total of 63 children, who took health examination during from March 2017 to February 2018, were selected as subjects of the present study. The subjects were then distinguished between the short stature group and control group. Measurements of bone age, zinc and vitamin D, obtained from nondominant hand x-ray and peripheral blood collection, were examined and compared to analyze effects of the degree of important minerals over short stature children.
Results: The mean values of the level of measurements of zinc and vitamin D between subjects belonged to the short stature group and control group manifested no significant differences from each other. The difference in the growth parameter corresponded to the severity of blood serum 25(OH)D also appeared insignificant.
Conclusions: Unless children are in severe deficiency in zinc and vitamin D, the children subjects belonged to either the short stature group or control group did not exhibit significant difference in growth parameter. This study should be compensated for subsequent studies because of comparatively small number of subjects. Besides, a systematic health management in community child welfare center seems necessary to help growth and development of short stature children.
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KEYWORD
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Vitmain D, Zinc, Micronutrients, Growth
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