Vitamin A deficiency and associated risk factors in children aged 12–59 months living in poorest municipalities in the South Region of Brazil

Autor:	Camila Dallazen, Daniela Cardoso Tietzmann, Sara Araújo da Silva, Eduardo Augusto Fernandes Nilson, Vivian Siqueira Santos Gonçalves, Regina Maria Ferreira Lang, Sandra Patricia Crispim, Júlia Dubois Moreira, Solange Cristina Garcia, Márcia Regina Vítolo
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Vitamin A deficiency Risk factors Child Cross-sectional studies Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases RC620-627
Zdroj:	Public Health Nutrition, Vol 26, Pp 132-142 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	13689800 1368-9800 1475-2727
DOI:	10.1017/S1368980022000325
Popis:	Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in children and associated risk factors. Design: Analysis of data from a cross-sectional multicentre study performed in the primary care units of the municipalities from January to June 2015. The children’s legal guardians answered a socio-economic questionnaire, and the children’s blood samples were obtained by venipuncture. Plasma retinol was determined by HPLC. Plasma retinol values of
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