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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 25, 871-874, Copyright © 1972 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Comparing nutritional status methods in a Guatemalan survey

Mark A. Nammacher 1, Robert B. Bradfield 1, and Guillermo Arroyave 1

1 From the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Biochemical, hair-tissue, and anthropometric methods used for the early recognition of malnutrition were compared simultaneously in 179 preschool children living in the Guatemalan highlands. Decreases in hair-root diameter and urinary urea/creatinine ratio were consistently related as early indicators of inadequate protein intake. Increased hair-root atrophy was consistently related to increases in the ratio of nonessential to essential amino acids in serum and also to depressed weight-for-height and weight-for-age as later indicators of PCM. Hair-root measurements are useful in determining nutritional status of populations.






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