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Thiamin and riboflavin status of Taiwanese elementary schoolchildren

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Abstract

In The Nutrition and Health Survey of Taiwan Elementary School Children (NAHSIT Children 2001 similar to 2002), erythrocyte activity coefficients of transketolase (ETKAC) and glutathione reductase (EGRAC) were chosen as indices for assessing the functional status of thiamin and riboflavin nutriture. Mean values of the ETKAC for boys and girls, both of which were in a normal range, were 1.07 +/- 0.00 and 1. 06 +/- 0.01, respectively. The respective prevalence rates of marginal and deficient thiamin states were 10.4% and 7.8% for boys and 9.3% and 7.3% for girls. Mean values of the EGRAC were 1. 18 +/- 0.00 for boys and 1. 19 0.01 for girls, both of which showed an increasing trend with age. The respective rates of marginal and deficient riboflavin states were as high as 32.5% and 3.5% for boys and 35.9% and 4.5% for girls. The marginal and deficient riboflavin statuses of Taiwanese schoolchildren were associated with a low frequency of dairy food consumption and an elevated risk of anemia. ; 流行病學研究所 ; 公共衛生學院 ; 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 ; 公共衛生學院 ; 期刊論文