Efficacy of zinc supplementation on weight and height growth of healthy 9-18 year childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- malnutrition.Disease of digestive system, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201305302639N13
- Lead Sponsor
- Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Private
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1-children aged 9-18years
2- being healthy
3-having normal serum zinc level ( plasma level of 70-158 µg/dL)
Exclusion criteria:
1-receiving a zinc combination within the past three months
2-presence of any chronic systemic diseases(endocrine ,cardiac, renal, metabolic, malignancy, rheumatologic , etc )
3-presence of acrodermatitis enteropathica
4-presence of mental retardation
5-being underweight based on NHANES III ( National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III) curves
6- being short stature based on NHANES III ( National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III) curves
7-having severe malnutrition.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight. Timepoint: two Before, two and four months after starting of the intervention. Method of measurement: children digital weighing scale.;Height. Timepoint: Before , two and four months after starting of the intervention. Method of measurement: stadiometer.;Serum zinc level. Timepoint: Before and four months after starting of the intervention. Method of measurement: laboratory by atomic absorption spectrometry.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Side effects. Timepoint: During intervention. Method of measurement: Clinical exam and asking from person.