Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2021;21(6):1025-1030. doi: 10.2174/1871530321666210101165648.
College students may have a risk of fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies due to unhealthy dietary habits, especially for vitamin A and E. They are important members of the human antioxidant network; deficiencies of these vitamins may increase the risk of many critical diseases.
The current study was undertaken to determine the status of vitamin A and E in college students.
Healthy college students were recruited, and fasting blood samples of them were collected and used for determining serum levels of retinol and α-tocopherol by the HPLC method.
We found that there was no vitamin A deficiency in college students. However, vitamin E deficiency existed in 34.5% of college students, especially in males. All the students had no vitamin E adequacy. In addition, our findings showed that BMI was inversely associated with serum α-- tocopherol, but not serum retinol.
These results suggest that vitamin E deficiency in college students should be given more attention, and it is necessary to consider using vitamin E supplements.
由于不健康的饮食习惯，大学生可能有脂溶性维生素缺乏的风险，特别是维生素 A 和 E。它们是人体抗氧化网络的重要组成部分；这些维生素的缺乏可能会增加许多严重疾病的风险。
本研究旨在确定大学生的维生素 A 和 E 状况。
招募健康的大学生，采集他们的空腹血样，并通过 HPLC 法测定血清视黄醇和α-生育酚的水平。
我们发现大学生中没有维生素 A 缺乏。然而，34.5%的大学生存在维生素 E 缺乏，尤其是男性。所有学生都没有足够的维生素 E。此外，我们的研究结果表明，BMI 与血清α-生育酚呈负相关，但与血清视黄醇无关。
这些结果表明，应更加关注大学生的维生素 E 缺乏问题，有必要考虑使用维生素 E 补充剂。
