Nutritional Status and Intestinal Function Among Rural Populations of the West Indies
1972; Elsevier BV; Volume: 63; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0016-5085(19)33208-1
ISSN1528-0012
AutoresFrederick A. Klipstein, Isabel Beauchamp, José J. Corcino, Milagros Maldonado, Juan T. Tomasini, Norman Maldonado, Carlos Rubio-Terrés, Eric A. Schenk,
Tópico(s)Folate and B Vitamins Research
ResumoDietary intake, nutritional status, and intestinal structure and function were evaluated in 96 representative adult residents of a rural barrio in Puerto Rico.Deficiencies noted included mild anemia in 4, reduced serum concentrations of iron in 10, folate in 6, vitamin B 1 2 in 1, albumin in 4, carotene in 6, and cholesterol in 7. Thirty-two persons had a single abnormal determination, and 11 had multiple abnormal determinations of intestinal function.These included xylose in 24, folic acid in 1, fat in 4, nitrogen in 1, and vitamin B 12 in 28.Intestinal morphology was normal in 17 and showed mild changes in 48, moderate changes in 24, and severe abnormalities in 4. The incidence of certain intestinal abnormalities present during the winter months was double that noted during the summer.In 2 cases, malabsorption was clearly responsible for the development of nutritional deficiencies, but vitamin B 12 deficiency was present in only 1 of the 28 subjects with malabsorption of this vitamin and xylose absorption was reduced in only 7 of the 21 persons who had a deficiency of either folate, albumin, carotene, or cholesterol.These observations indicate that the mildly compromised intestinal function found present in nearly one-half of the subjects evaluated does n ot, in most instances, result in the development of deficiency states in the presence of an adequate dietary intake.During the past decade it has become evident that a sizable proportion of the
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