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(Clinical Chemistry. 1998;44:1540-1544.)
© 1998 American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

General Clinical Chemistry

Water, fat, nitrogen, and sugar content in feces: reference intervals in children

Adriana Rivero-Marcotegui1,a, José Emilio Olivera-Olmedo2, Félix Sánchez Valverde-Visus2, Mercedes Palacios-Sarrasqueta1, Ana Grijalba-Uche1, and Sergio García-Merlo1

1 Servicio de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Navarra, Iruñlarrea 3, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.

2 Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Virgen del Camino, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
a Author for correspondence. Fax 34-948-422-303.

Malabsorption-maldigestion syndromes are commonly found in several gastrointestinal diseases. Quantitative measures of fecal nutrients are important tools for the detection and diagnosis of these syndromes. Adequate food intake is important in the nutrition of children, especially during the first year of life. We have analyzed 180 stools of healthy children, divided into four age groups, to obtain the reference intervals of the major nutrients such as water, fat, nitrogen, sugar, and starch. Quantification of the nutrients was done by means of a near-infrared analyzer (Fenir 8820). Results show that this instrument exhibits a low coefficient of variation for all the nutrients except for starch. Fecal water, fat, nitrogen, and sugar concentrations ranged from 68.7 to 96.1 g/100 g, 0 to 14.5 g/100 g, 1.3 to 2.3 g/100 g, and 0.7 to 3.8 g/100 g, respectively. The results for the starch analyses were not acceptable because of instrument limitations. Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy appears to be an alternative to standard chemical methods.




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