Mohammad Shoaib Khan, Salma Rahim, Nageen Yusuf, Farid Ullah Shah, Mohammad Zohaib Khan.
Micronutrients Status in Children of Rural and Urban Population of Bannu Region.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;11(1):3-6.

Objective: The present study was designed to analyze the level of micronutrient among children of both rural and urban population in Bannu region. Place & duration of the study: The study was carried out & compiled in the Department of Biochemistry, Bannu Medical College, Bannu from 2012-2013, after getting analysis at High tech Laboratory, Agriculture university, Faisalabad. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional comparative study, micronutrient in 100 children, randomly selected from both urban & rural population of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan were determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. Results: Serum Zn, Fe & Cu contents among 48 urban children were 62.84 ±1.94 µg/dl, 61.12±2.36 µg/dl and 117.80±4.68 µg/dl while in 52 rural children were 63.37 ±1.99 µg/dl, 60.75 ±2.52 µg/dl and 116.08 ±3.67 µg/dl respectively, showing no significant differences among the rural and urban children, however, the Zn levels of rural children were slightly higher than the urban children, same is the case of Cu. The BMI and age were also not significantly different in both urban and rural children (P > 0.05). Mean Zn, Fe and Cu contents among male children were 65.38 ±1.7 µg/dl, 64.69 ±2.2 µg/dl and 113.35 ±3.2 µg/dl and in female children were 59.09 ±2.4 µg/dl, 54.23 ±2.4 µg/dl and 123.23 ±5.2 µg/dl respectively, showing significant differences (p<0.05) among Zn & Fe levels, while non-significant differences among Cu. Conclusion: Ample evidence shows that urban children generally have a better nutritional status than their rural counterparts, but however, our results showed no significant differences among rural & urban child population in Bannu region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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