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Potential Effect of Dietary Vitamins A, C, and E, their Levels in Serum within Asthmatic Children

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Bioavailability of nutrients and metabolism

Abstract

The respiratory allergic ailment is an inflammatory condition joined by oxidative stress. Extra elements of anti-inflammatory factors such as antioxidants may have a curative effect. This study planned the status of vitamins (A, E &C) in food and sera of young some Egyptian children with allergic asthma coming to the National Nutrition Institute (NNI).The study inclsive104 children who attended the pediatric outpatient clinic of NNI during August and September 2014. The subjects in the study, both boys and girls, were randomly selected within the age range from 7-10 years. Asthma signs were assessed by a Chinese version of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. Data on nutritional status had been collected using specially designed questionnaires to cover required information on food intake (24-hour recall) and dietary pattern (food frequency) for chosen items. Body mass index was calculated based on the bodyweight within kilograms divided by the square of the body height in meters. After an overnight fast of 12 hours, blood samples of 5ml were collected from the children to determine serum levels of vitamin A, E, and C. The outcome revealed decreased daily intake and serum content from vitamin A, E, and C within asthmatic children parallel to normal children. Conclusion Despite the low level of intake antioxidants or there in serum within asthmatic children with no significant differences, they had signs of asthma, which confirms that the decrease in these vitamins, even a small amount, leads to asthma sensitivity.

DOI

10.21608/bnni.2021.216733

Keywords

Asthma- Antioxidant, children

Authors

First Name

Gihan

Last Name

Ahmad

MiddleName

F

Affiliation

Nutritional Requirement and Growth department – National Nutrition Institute – Cairo Egypt

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City

Cairo

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First Name

Hala

Last Name

Abdel-salam

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Outpatient laboratory– National Nutrition Institute – Cairo Egypt

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City

Cairo

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First Name

Naglaa

Last Name

Abd Alfattah

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Nutritional Requirement and Growth department – National Nutrition Institute – Cairo Egypt

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City

Cairo

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First Name

Magda

Last Name

Kostandy

MiddleName

R

Affiliation

Nutritional Requirement and Growth department – National Nutrition Institute – Cairo Egypt

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City

Cairo

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Volume

57

Article Issue

1

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30309

Issue Date

2021-06-01

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2021-03-10

Publish Date

2021-06-01

Page Start

55

Page End

73

Print ISSN

1110-0974

Online ISSN

2537-0987

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BNNI_Volume 57_Issue 1_Pages 55-73.pdf

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Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt

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https://bnni.journals.ekb.eg/

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Potential Effect of Dietary Vitamins A, C, and E, their Levels in Serum within Asthmatic Children

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22 Jan 2023