Özet:

The aim of this study is to detect the prevalence of zinc deficiency in children with iron deficiency anemia. In this study, sixty-nine children with iron deficiency anemia ages between 1-12 years (49 male, 20 female) and 24 healthy children, ages between 1-12 years (16 male, 8 female) were examined to investigate zinc deficiency. All children were investigated about level of their appetite, ingestion of cow's milk, tea, meat, fish and breast feeding. We detected statistically significant lower level of zinc in the group of iron deficiency anemia compared with the control (p<0.05). The prevalence of zinc deficiency was also significantly higher in iron deficiency group (49.2 %). This situation suggests the necessity of developing supplementation programs for high risk groups like childhood until more sensitive and simple laboratory tests to detect zinc deficiency are available in routine clinical use.

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