Abstract
Serum Mg, Ca, Zn and Cu levels of 65 Indian children aged 5 months to 3 y 7 months, living in Bombay city, were estimated by atomic absorption spectrometry. Twenty-five well nourished controls exhibited the following serum levels: Mg 2.5±0.3 mg%, Ca 9.7±0.6 mg%, Zn 103.2±9.7 μg% and Cu 148.7±26 μg%. The remaining 40 patients were divided into four categories depending on the status of their nutrition; Group I was minimally undernourished, whereas Group IV was the worst effected. Group I ( n=6) had serum values of 2.5±0.2mg% Mg, 8.9±0.6mg% Ca, 85±18 μg% Zn and 108±25.8 μg% Cu. Group II ( n=20) levels were 2.2±0.3mg% Mg, 8.3±0.9mg% Ca, 82.6±16.5 μg%, Zn and 89.2±27.6 μg% Cu. Group III ( n=9) were 2.1±0.3mg% Mg, 8.3±0.8mg% Ca, 88.3±22.6 μg% Zn and 93±26.9 μg% Cu, whereas the most severly undernourished (Group IV) children had serum levels of 2.2±0.4mg%Mg, 7.6±0.8mg% Ca, 78.4±15.7 μg% Zn and 62.8±17.5 μg% Cu.
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