Food Insecurity and Micronutrient Status among Ghanaian Women Planning to Become Pregnant
| العنوان: | Food Insecurity and Micronutrient Status among Ghanaian Women Planning to Become Pregnant |
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| المؤلفون: | Sixtus Aguree, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Esi K Colecraft, Alison D. Gernand, Ruth Pobee |
| المصدر: | Nutrients Volume 12 Issue 2 Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 470 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Antecubital vein, Logistic regression, Ghana, Food Supply, chemistry.chemical_compound, Hemoglobins, 0302 clinical medicine, iron, Pregnancy, food insecurity, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Vitamin A, Nutrition and Dietetics, zinc, Retinol, Micronutrient, anemia, Food insecurity, Reproductive Health, Family Planning Services, Female, lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply, retinol, Adult, Adolescent, Anemia, Nutritional Status, women of reproductive age, lcsh:TX341-641, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Negatively associated, Environmental health, parasitic diseases, Humans, Normal range, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, business.industry, medicine.disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, chemistry, micronutrients, copper, business, Biomarkers, Food Science |
| الوصف: | We examined the association between food insecurity (FIS) and micronutrient status among Ghanaian women planning to become pregnant. A cross-sectional analysis was completed of 95 women aged 18&ndash 35 years, living in the Upper Manya Krobo District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Questionnaires were administered to collect sociodemographic and food security data weight and height were measured. Blood was drawn from an antecubital vein one drop was used to assess hemoglobin via Hemocue. Zinc and copper were analyzed using flame atomic spectrophotometry while iron biomarkers, retinol and 25-hydroxyvitamin D were analyzed using ELISA, ultra-performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, respectively. Logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between food insecurity (FIS) and micronutrient deficiencies. FIS was reported among 23% of the households, while micronutrient deficiencies ranged from 7&ndash 28% irrespective of FIS status. Retinol concentrations were negatively associated with FIS (p = 0.043) after controlling for covariates, although levels were within the normal range in both groups. No statistically significant associations between FIS and micronutrient deficiencies were found. Among those with FIS, 59% were deficient in at least one nutrient with 18% deficient in two nutrients. Unmarried women were at higher risk of FIS (p = 0.017) than married women. FIS was associated with retinol concentrations but not other micronutrient biomarkers in Ghanaian women expecting to become pregnant in the next 6 months. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2072-6643 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nu12020470 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0fa9e240e09813c208dac4009cfd83e9Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0fa9e240e09813c208dac4009cfd83e9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20726643 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/nu12020470 |