dc.contributor.author | Nabakwe, Esther C | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngare, Duncan K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-13T13:01:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-13T13:01:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9081 | |
dc.description.abstract | A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to December 1998 among 300 children aged 1-3 years in Bungoma district of western Kenya. This is an area endemic for malaria with a high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. In 1993 the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency was 37.8%. In the present study effects of vitamin A deficiency on health and growth of children were studied. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of the children had severe vitamin A deficiency 92% had anaemia, 76% had malaria parasitaemia and 21% were stunted. Anthropometric measures significantly correlated with haemoglobin concentration (P value <0.0001). There was significant difference in the retinol levels of the stunted and normal children (P value = 0.02). Retinol concentration differed significantly among children with high and low C-reactive protein (P = 0.0004). Vitamin A deficiency and anaemia are a public health problem among the children studied. High prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and anaemia was associated with impaired growth. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | East African Journal of Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject | Vitamin A | en_US |
dc.subject | Anaemia, | en_US |
dc.subject | Malaria parasitaemia, | en_US |
dc.subject | Acute phase proteins | en_US |
dc.subject | Young children | en_US |
dc.title | Health and nutritional status of children in Western Kenya in relation to vitamin a deficiency | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |