Rezaul Karim Mohammad, Ahmad Sk Akhtar
Department of Population Dynamic, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bangladesh Institute of Health Service (BISH), Darussalam, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
J Family Reprod Health. 2014 Dec;8(4):161-8.
To assess and compare the nutritional status of children aged 5-14 years in arsenic exposed and non- exposed areas.
It was a cross sectional study conducted on 600 children of age 5-14 years from arsenic exposed and non-exposed areas in Bangladesh. Designed questionnaire and check list were used for collection of data. To estimate BMI necessary anthropometric measurements of the studied children were done. Dietary intakes of the study children were assessed using 24-hours recall method.
The difference of socio-economic conditions between the children of exposed area and non-exposed area was not significant. On an average the body mass index was found to be significantly (p < 0.01) lower among the children of arsenic exposed area (49%) in comparison to that of children in non-exposed area (38%). Stunting (p < 0.01), wasting (p < 0.05) and underweight (p < 0.05) were significantly higher in exposed group in comparison to non-exposed group. No significant difference of nutrition intake was found between exposed and non-exposed children as well as thin and normal children.
In this study children exposed to arsenic contaminated water were found to be suffered from lower nutritional status.
评估并比较5至14岁砷暴露地区和非暴露地区儿童的营养状况。
这是一项横断面研究，对来自孟加拉国砷暴露地区和非暴露地区的600名5至14岁儿童进行了研究。使用设计好的问卷和检查表收集数据。对研究儿童进行必要的人体测量以估计体重指数。采用24小时回忆法评估研究儿童的饮食摄入量。
暴露地区儿童与非暴露地区儿童的社会经济状况差异不显著。平均而言，砷暴露地区儿童（49%）的体重指数显著低于（p<0.01）非暴露地区儿童（38%）。与非暴露组相比，暴露组的发育迟缓（p<0.01）、消瘦（p<0.05）和体重不足（p<0.05）显著更高。暴露儿童与非暴露儿童以及消瘦儿童与正常儿童之间的营养摄入量没有显著差异。
在本研究中，发现接触受砷污染水的儿童营养状况较差。
