High Frequency of Symptomatic Zinc Deficiency in Infants in Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean features of the patients.

	Age (m)	Sex	Severity of disease	Ulcerations/erosions	Associated problems
1	5	F	Moderate	Yes
2	7	F	Severe	Yes	White hair or poliosis
3	6	F	Mild/moderate	No
4	4	M	Moderate	Yes
5	8	M	Mild	Yes	Polydactyly
6	14	M	Moderate	Yes
7	10	F	Severe and spread	No
8	6	M	Moderate	Yes	Chromosomal anomaly
9	18	F	Moderate	Yes
10	12	F	Moderate	Yes	Conjunctivitis, history of affected brother
11	16	F	Severe	Yes	Scabies, underweight
12	5	F	Severe	Yes
13	8	F	Severe	Yes
14	10	F	Mild	Yes
15	5	F	Moderate	Yes
16	20	M	Moderate	No
17	4	M	Mild	Yes
18	6	M	Moderate	No

(m): months. Mild: less than 10% BSA involved. Moderate: 10 to 30% BSA involved. Severe: more than 30% BSA involved. BSA = body surface area.