Breast milk vitamin A (BMVA) has been proposed as an indicator of population vitamin A
status but has rarely been applied in large-scale surveys or compared with conventional …

Variation in the relationship between plasma retinol-binding protein (RBP) and retinol (ROH)
has implications for vitamin A (VA) status assessment using RBP. Our objectives were to …

Indicators of vitamin A status were evaluated in nonpregnant breast-feeding (n= 265) and
nonpregnant non-breast-feeding (n= 49) Indonesian women. The concentration of vitamin A …

Background There is scant information on the breastmilk vitamin A (BMVA) concentration of
lactating women in developing countries, partly due to lack of methods applicable in-field …

Vitamin A deficiency can occur during lactation and breast-milk vitamin A has been
recommended for monitoring the vitamin A status of lactating women and their infants. This …

To alleviate vitamin A (VA) deficiency (VAD) in Senegal, understanding the relationship
between VA status of lactating women and their 6-mo-old infants is important. This study …

ABSTRACT Background Measuring vitamin A (VA) status during lactation is required to
inform dietary recommendations. Limited data exist on VA stores in women. Objectives Our …

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a significant public health problem in many countries. While
cost-effective interventions are available to control VAD, reliable information is needed to the …

Vitamin A deficiency remains a significant health risk in developing countries, affecting
infants and children in particular. To counter child malnutrition, mothers are encouraged to …

Methods: Serum retinol (SR) was measured by HPLC, serum ferritin (SF) by ELIZA,
haemoglobin (Hb) by HemoCue and C-reactive protein (CRP) by a turbo metric method. A …