Risk factors for developing mild nutritional blindness in urban Bangladesh
1986
Stanton, B.F. | Clemens, J.D. | Wojtyniak, B. | Khair, T.
A case-control study considered risk factors for mild ophthalmological manifestations of vitamin A deficiency in urban Bangladesh children under 14 years old. After controlling for 3 demographic characteristics that were independently associated with vitamin A deficiency (male sex, increased age, families having a greater number of children), 4 factors remained associated with this deficiency, viz.: low intakes of local vitamin A-rich foods; cessation of breast-feeding; a recent history of protracted diarrhea; and a maternal ignorance of vitamin A deficiency prevention and management. The implications of these results for vitamin A deficiency prevention and therapy are discussed.(wz)
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