Dietary intake of sulfur amino acids and risk of kwashiorkor malnutrition in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Merry C FitzpatrickDaniel G Maxwell

Abstract

Kwashiorkor is an often-fatal type of severe acute malnutrition affecting hundreds of thousands of children annually, but whose etiology is still unknown. Evidence suggests inadequate sulfur amino acid (SAA) status may explain many signs of the condition but studies evaluating dietary protein intake in relation to the genesis of kwashiorkor have been conflicting. We know of no studies of kwashiorkor that have measured dietary SAAs. We aimed to determine whether children in a population previously determined to have high prevalence of kwashiorkor [high-prevalence population (HPP)] have lower dietary intakes of SAAs than children in a low-prevalence population (LPP). A cross-sectional census survey design of 358 children compared 2 previously identified adjacent populations of children 36-59 mo old in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Data collected included urinary thiocyanate (SCN), cyanogens in cassava-based food products, recent history of illness, and a 24-h quantitative diet recall for the child. The HPP and LPP had kwashiorkor prevalence of 4.5% and 1.7%, respectively. A total of 170 children from 141 households in the LPP and 169 children from 138 households in the HPP completed the study. A hig...Continue Reading

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