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Role Of Combined Zinc, Vitamin A, And Fish Oil Supplementation In Childhood Tuberculosis

Role Of Combined Zinc, Vitamin A, And Fish Oil Supplementation In Childhood Tuberculosis
Vollico Nenni, Heda Melinda Nataprawira, Tetty Yuniati
Universitas Padjadjaran, The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Vol 44 No. 5 September 2013
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Universitas Padjadjaran, The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Vol 44 No. 5 September 2013
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This objective of this study was to determine benefit of one month combined supplementation (zinc, vitamin A, fish oil) along with anti-tuberculosis drugs (ATD) on increasing serum leptin levels and decreasing tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) in children with tuberculosis (TB). A quasi experimental study was conducted on 22 children (aged 5-14 years) with a positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear. The children were divided into 2 groups. A history, physical examination, anthropometric measurements, serum leptin levels, TNF-a levels, retinol and zinc levels were examined in all subjects before and after treatment. Nutritional supplementation and ATD were given to group I while ATD only were given to group II. The change in leptin, TNF-a, retinol and zinc levels were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney test, while a t-test was used to determine changes in body mass index (BMI). Group I had a higher significant increase in serum leptin levels than group II (p=0.034). Group I had a significantly greater decrease in TNF-a levels than group II (p=0.032). No significant differences in retinol or zinc levels were seen between the two, but both groups had an increase after treatment. Both groups had a significant increase in BMI (p=<0.001) post-treatment compared to pre-treatment. Supplementation with zinc, vitamin A and fish oil is associated with a significant increase in leptin levels and a significant decrease in TNF-a levels among children treated for TB. No significant benefit was seen in BMI among children receiving supplementation compared to those without it, although ATD resulted in a significant increase in BMI in both groups.

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