| |
Inflammation 1
| |
|---|
|
Characteristic 2
|
No (n= 125)
|
Yes (n= 123)
|
P
|
|---|
|
Mean age (years)
|
3.2 (3.0, 3.4)
|
2.8 (2.5, 3.0)
|
0.016
|
|
Sex (% male)
|
54.3
|
43.1
|
0.075
|
|
Night blind (%)
|
9.5
|
8.9
|
0.83
|
|
Hospitalized in last year (%)
|
|
0
|
23.6
|
11.0
|
0.024
|
|
1–2
|
44.7
|
43.2
| |
|
3–4
|
18.7
|
31.4
| |
|
5+
|
13.0
|
14.4
| |
|
Mean number of people living in house
|
11.4 (10.1, 12.7)
|
11.3 (10.1, 12.4)
|
0.62
|
|
Currently breastfeeding (%)
|
14.3
|
18.9
|
0.33
|
|
Presence of a vegetable garden at home (%)
|
32.2
|
32.8
|
0.93
|
|
Mean hemoglobin (g/L)
|
119 (108, 112)
|
109 (106, 110)
|
0.19
|
|
Hemoglobin <110 g/L (%)
|
31.7
|
43.8
|
0.05
|
|
Mean retinol (μmol/L)
|
0.66 (0.61, 0.72)
|
0.52 (0.47, 0.58)
|
0.0005
|
|
Retinol <0.70 μmol/L (%)
|
52.0
|
67.5
|
0.013
|
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1 Defined as CRP >5 mg/L and/or AGP >1000 mg/L. 2 Geometric mean; 95% CI in parentheses.
