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Vitamin a status of low and normal birth weight infants at birth and in early infancy |
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| Authors: | Ramesh Agarwal Deenanath Virmani Munnalal Jaipal Shuchita Gupta G S Toteja |
| Institution: | 1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India 5. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110 029, India 3. Swami Dayanand Hospital, Delhi, India 2. Kasturba Hospital, Mumbai, India 4. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India |
| Abstract: | Serum retinol levels of low birth weight (LBW; birth weight <2500g) and normal birth weight (NBW; birth weight ≥2500g) infants were evaluated at birth and 3 months using high performance liquid chromatography. At birth, levels were 13.3±8.2 μg/dL in LBW (n=146) and 14.0±6.2 μg/dL in NBW infants (n=79; p=0.51), with 41.1% of LBW and 24.1% of NBW infants having vitamin A deficiency (VAD, <10 μg/dL; P=0.01). At follow up, levels were 18.0±9.4 μg/dL in LBW (n=83) and 20.0±7.3 μg/dL in NBW infants (n=51; P=0.19), with 18.1% of LBW and 3.9% of NBW infants having VAD (P=0.02). |
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