Whole-blood PUFA and associations with markers of nutritional and health status in acutely malnourished children in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure fatty acid composition, particularly whole-blood PUFA content, in acutely malnourished children and identify associations with markers of nutritional and health status.

Design

PUFA were assessed in dried blood spots obtained from a cross-sectional study. Nutritional and health status were assessed by anthropometry, haemoglobinopathies, inflammation and blood counts.

Setting

Cambodia.

Participants

The study was conducted with 174 children aged 0·5-18 years with acute malnutrition.

Results

Among total fatty acids (FA), the relative percentage of total PUFA was 20 % FA, with 14 % of the children having very low PUFA (mead acid (MA):arachidonic acid (AA) >0·02, n-6 docosapentaenoic acid:DHA >0·2 and total n-6:n-3 PUFA >10·5). Wasting was

SUBMITTER: Sigh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200556 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature