學童之寄生蟲感染與維生素B2營養狀況的研究

Parasitic Infections and Vitamin B2 Nutritional Status among School Children

顏全敏(Chung-Min Yen) ； 許慧娟(Hui-Chuan Hsu) ； 陳瑩霖(Eng-Rin Chen) ； 張均昌(Chun-Chang Chang) ； 黃德揚(Teh-Yang Huang)

《The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences》 1卷4期 (1985/04) Pp. 202-209

https://doi.org/10.6452/KJMS.198504.0202

摘要

Two hundred and eighty-six children from 4 primary schools in remote areas of Pintung Hsien, southern Taiwan had been engaged for the study. Vitamin B2 status was determined by the active coefficient of erythrocyte glutathione reductase (EGR-AC). It is considered to be deficiency of vitamin B2 when the EGR-AC is above 1.2. Fecal examination was carried out by MIFC (merthiolateiodine-formalin concentration technic) for the reduction of parasites.
The percentages of EGR-AC above 1.2 in 4 schools are Liang-Shan (29.8%), Pei-Yeh (29.4%), Lai-Yi (17.7%) and San-Ti (11.1%). Statistically, the percentages of the first 2 schools are higher than that of the second two (χ²-test，p＜0.05).
According to the numbers of infected parasite species, we found a higher percentage (33.3%) of children with ECR-AC＞ 1.2 were infected with 2 species of parasites. On the other hand, only 18.3% of these children were infected with 1 species and 14.0% of those children were without infection. There are also significant differences in EGR-AC among these 3 groups of children (χ²-test，p＜0.05). No difference in the mean value of EGR-AC is observed between males and females who are infected with same species of parasite.
To improve the vitamin B2 status among children, each child had been supplied with one bottle of fresh milk (230 c.c.) every morning for a period of 4 months. These children received no deworming medication during the study period. The result shows that except those children with concomitant infections of Ascaris and Trichuris, the mean values of EGR-AC among 136 children are significantly decreased after 4 months of milk supply (paired t-test, p ＜0.01). There is only 3 out of 255 children whose EGR-AC are above 1.2 after 4 months of milk supply. It indicates that the milk supply may be one of the better regimens to improve the vitamin B2 nutritional status for school children.

並列摘要

Two hundred and eighty-six children from 4 primary schools in remote areas of Pintung Hsien, southern Taiwan had been engaged for the study. Vitamin B2 status was determined by the active coefficient of erythrocyte glutathione reductase (EGR-AC). It is considered to be deficiency of vitamin B2 when the EGR-AC is above 1.2. Fecal examination was carried out by MIFC (merthiolateiodine-formalin concentration technic) for the reduction of parasites.
The percentages of EGR-AC above 1.2 in 4 schools are Liang-Shan (29.8%), Pei-Yeh (29.4%), Lai-Yi (17.7%) and San-Ti (11.1%). Statistically, the percentages of the first 2 schools are higher than that of the second two (χ²-test，p＜0.05).
According to the numbers of infected parasite species, we found a higher percentage (33.3%) of children with ECR-AC＞ 1.2 were infected with 2 species of parasites. On the other hand, only 18.3% of these children were infected with 1 species and 14.0% of those children were without infection. There are also significant differences in EGR-AC among these 3 groups of children (χ²-test，p＜0.05). No difference in the mean value of EGR-AC is observed between males and females who are infected with same species of parasite.
To improve the vitamin B2 status among children, each child had been supplied with one bottle of fresh milk (230 c.c.) every morning for a period of 4 months. These children received no deworming medication during the study period. The result shows that except those children with concomitant infections of Ascaris and Trichuris, the mean values of EGR-AC among 136 children are significantly decreased after 4 months of milk supply (paired t-test, p ＜0.01). There is only 3 out of 255 children whose EGR-AC are above 1.2 after 4 months of milk supply. It indicates that the milk supply may be one of the better regimens to improve the vitamin B2 nutritional status for school children.

並列關鍵字

parasitic infections ； vitamin B2 nutritional status ； remote area survey