Concurrent micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent in nonpregnant rural and tribal women from central India.

The existence of concurrent micronutrient deficiencies in Indian women of reproductive age has received little attention. This study aimed to comprehensively assess the micronutrient status of nonpregnant rural and tribal women 18-30 y from central India. Participants (n = 109) were randomly selected using a stratified (rural-tribal) proportionate-to-population size cluster sampling method from 12 subcenters in Ramtek block, Nagpur. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, dietary, and biochemical data, including blood and urine samples, were obtained. Tribal and rural women had similar sociodemographic characteristics and anthropometric status; 63% of women had a body mass index <18.5 kg/m(2). The median urinary iodine concentration was 215 μg/L (IQR: 127, 319). The mean (SD) concentration of hemoglobin, serum zinc, retinol, and folate was 112 (13) g/L, 10.8 (1.6) μmol/L, 1.2 (0.3) μmol/L, 18.4 (8.4) nmol/L, respectively, with a geometric mean serum vitamin B(12) concentration of 186 pmol/L. The percentage of women with low values for hemoglobin (<120 g/L), serum zinc (<10.7 μmol/L), vitamin B(12) (<148 pmol/L), retinol (<0.7 μmol/L), and folate (<6.8 nmol/L) was 66%, 52%, 34%, 4%, and 2%, respectively. Tribal women had a higher prevalence of zinc deficiency (58% versus 39%, P = 0.054) and concurrent deficiency of any two micronutrients (46% versus 26%; P = 0.034), including zinc and anemia (38% versus 21%, P = 0.024). Zinc, vitamin B(12), and iron constitute the principal micronutrient deficiencies in these women. Existing supplementation programs should be extended to include 18- to 30-y-old nonpregnant women as the majority of childbearing occurs within this timeframe.

Menon KC ，Skeaff SA ，Thomson CD ，Gray AR ，Ferguson EL ，Zodpey S ，Saraf A ，Das PK ，Toteja GS ，Pandav CS ... -  《-》

The coexistence of other micronutrient deficiencies in anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh.

Ahmed F ，Khan MR ，Banu CP ，Qazi MR ，Akhtaruzzaman M ... -  《EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION》

Multiple micronutrient deficiencies persist during early childhood in Mongolia.

Lander RL ，Enkhjargal T ，Batjargal J ，Bailey KB ，Diouf S ，Green TJ ，Skeaff CM ，Gibson RS ... -  《ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION》

Dietary and non-dietary factors associated with serum zinc in Indian women.

Herbst CA ，Menon KC ，Ferguson EL ，Thomson CD ，Bailey K ，Gray AR ，Zodpey S ，Saraf A ，Das PK ，Skeaff SA ... -  《-》

Co-existing micronutrient deficiencies among stunted Cambodian infants and toddlers.

Anderson VP ，Jack S ，Monchy D ，Hem N ，Hok P ，Bailey KB ，Gibson RS ... -  《ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION》