Journals / Dicle Tıp Dergisi / 2026 / Cilt: 40 Sayı: 1

Serum transferrin levels in children with protein energy malnutrition

Protein-enerji malnütrisyonu olan çocuklarda serum transferin düzeyleri

Pages
35–39
Publication Date
2013-03-01
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

Conclusion: Our study results showed that albumin is a weak indicator in mild-moderate PEM.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Although the diagnosis of patients with severe malnutrition is easy, it is very difficult to recognize patients with mild and moderate malnutrition.
📊
Key Findings & Data:In this study, we evaluated the serum transferrin and al­bumin levels in children with mild, moderate and severe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM).
💡
Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion: Our study results showed that albumin is a weak indicator in mild-moderate PEM.
🔬Design:Makale
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Protein enerji malnütrisiyonu · albü&shy · min

Abstract

Objective: Although the diagnosis of patients with severe malnutrition is easy, it is very difficult to recognize patients with mild and moderate malnutrition. A variety of methods attempts to develop for early diagnosis of these cases. In this study, we evaluated the serum transferrin and al­bumin levels in children with mild, moderate and severe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Materials and methods: Children admitted to our poli­clinic, aged between 3 and 25 months, 45 subjects with PEM and 39 healthy subjects (control group) were evalu­ated. According to the Gomez, Waterlow and Kanawati subjects with PEM were divided in 3 subgroups mild, moderate and severe PEM. Anthropometric measure­ments and biochemical results of 4 groups were com­pared. Results: For albumin levels in mild to moderate PEM groups, 37.7% sensitivity, and 28.5% specificity, positive predictive value 54%; negative predictive value 16.6% was found. For severe PEM sensitivity, specificity, posi­tive predictive value and negative predictive value were 71%, 62.5%, 45%, and 83.3% respectively. With respect to the levels of transferrin, a significant dif­ference was found between mild PEM-control and moder­ate PEM-control groups (p0.05). Conclusion: Our study results showed that albumin is a weak indicator in mild-moderate PEM. In these cases, serum transferrin level reduces before decreasing of al­bumin level, thus it may be an early sensitive finding that can be used as a sensitive parameter in the diagnosis of early stages of malnutrition.

Özet

Amaç: Ağır malnütrisyonlu hastaların tanısı kolay oldu­ğu halde, hafif ve orta malnütrisyonlu hastaları tanımak oldukça güçtür. Bu vakaların erken tanısı için çeşitli yön­temler geliştirilmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışmamızda, hafif, orta ve ağır protein-enerji malnütrisyonu (PEM) olan ço­cuklarda serum transferin ve albümin düzeylerini incele­meyi amaçladık. Gereç ve yöntem: Çocuk polikliniğe başvuran, 3 ay ile 25 ay arasında olan 46 PEM\'li ve 39 sağlıklı olgu değerlendi­rildi. Gomez, Waterlow ve Kanawati sınıflamalarına göre PEM\'li grup 3 alt gruba (hafif, orta ve ağır PEM) ayrıldı. Sağlıklı olgular da kontrol grubunu oluşturdu. Dört grubun antropometrik ölçümleri ve biyokimyasal sonuçları karşı­laştırıldı. Bulgular: Hafif-orta PEM grubundaki olguların albümin düzeyleri için duyarlılık %37,7, özgüllük %28,5, pozitif prediktif değer %54, negatif prediktif değer %16,6 olarak saptandı. Ağır PEM için duyarlılık %71, özgüllük %62,5, pozitif prediktif değer %45, negatif prediktif değer %83,3 olarak saptandı. Transferrin düzeylerine göre yapılan kar­şılaştırmada, hafif PEM-kontrol grubu ve orta PEM-kont­rol grubu arasında anlamlı fark bulundu (p0,05). Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçlarımız, albüminin hafif ve orta PEM\'de zayıf bir gösterge olduğunu ve albümin düzeyleri henüz değişmeden, serum transferrin düzeylerinin belir­gin olarak azaldığını ve PEM\'in erken tanısında kullanıla­bilecek duyarlı bir test olabileceğini desteklemektedir.

🔖

Cite This Article

Aydoğdu, S., Güven, Ş., Yazar, A. S., Yakut, K. (2013). Serum transferrin levels in children with protein energy malnutrition. Dicle Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 40 Sayı: 1, 35–39. https://doi.org/10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2013.01.0220

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (16)

  1. World Health Organization. Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices: Part III Country Profiles. WHO, Geneva, 2010
  2. Gomez F, Ramos Galvan R, Frenk S et al., Cravioto Munoz J, Chavez R, Vazquez J. Mortality in second and third degree malnutrition. 1956. Bull World Health Organ 2000;78:1275- 80.
  3. Mishra SK, Bastola SP, Jha B. Biochemical nutritional indica- tors in children with protein energy malnutrition attending Kanti Children Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2009;7:129-34.
  4. Akenami FO, Koskiniemi M, Siimes MA et al. Ekanem EE, Bolarin DM, Vaheri A. Assessment of plasma fibronectin in malnourished Nigerian children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1997;24:183-8.
  5. el-Ghazali S; Mikhail M; Awadallah M et al. Shatla H. Sig- nificant increase of chomosomal damage in protein energy malnutrition. J Trop Med Hyg 1990;93:372-6.
  6. Padula G, Salceda SA, Seoane AI. Protein-energy malnutrition contributes to increased structural chromosomal alteration frequencies in Argentinean children. Nutr Res 2009;29:35- 40.
  7. Arik M, Sekeroğlu MR, Tarakçioğlu M, et al. Noyan T, Cesur Y, Balahoroğlu R. Pro-inflammatory cytokines in Turkish children with protein-energy malnutrition. Mediators In- flamm 2002;11:363-5.
  8. McCarthy H, Dixon M, Crabtree I, Eaton-Evans MJ, McNulty H. The development and evaluation of the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics (STAMP(©) ) for use by healthcare staff. J Hum Nutr Diet 2012;25:311-8.
  9. Smith IF, Taiwo O, Golden MHN. Plant protein rehabilitation diets and iron supplementation of the protein-energy mal- nourished child. Eur J Clin Nutr 1989;43:763-8.
  10. Young GA, Hill GA Assessment of protein-calorie malnutri- tion in surgical patients from plasma proteins and anthropo- metric measurements. Am J Clin Nutr 1978;31:429-35.
  11. Moullac B L, Gouache P, Bleiberg-Daniel F. Regulation of hepatic messenger RNA levels during moderate protein and food restriction in rats. J Nutr 1992;122:864-70.
  12. Ramdath D, Golden MHN. Non-haematological aspects of iron nutrition. Nutr Res Rev 1989;2:29-49.
  13. Ghosh A, Chowdhury SD, Ghosh T. Undernutrition in Nep- alese children: a biochemical and haematological study. Acta Paediatr 2012;101:671-6.
  14. Ingenbleek Y, Van Den Schriek H, De Nayer P, De Visscher M et al. Albumin, transferrin and the thyroxine-binding pre- albumin/retinol-binding protein (TBPA-RBP) complex in assessment of malnutrition. Clin Chim Acta 1975;63:61-7.
  15. Hassanein el-S A, Assem HM, Rezk MM, el-Maghraby RM. Study of plazma albumin¦ transferrin and fibronektin in chil- dren withmild to moderate prptein-energy malnutrition. J Trop Pediatr 1998;44: 362-5.
  16. Morlese JF, Forrester T, Del Rosario M, Frazer M, Jahoor F. Transferrin kinetics are altered in children with severe pro- tein-energy malnutrition. J Nutr 1997;127:1469-74.