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Relationship between inflammation and demographic characteristics of children, age 1–5 years, in the Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Inflammation 1 |
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| Characteristic 2 |
No (n = 125) |
Yes (n = 123) |
P |
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| 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 (%) |
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| 0 |
23.6 |
11.0 |
0.024 |
| 1–2 |
44.7 |
43.2 |
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| 3–4 |
18.7 |
31.4 |
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| 5+ |
13.0 |
14.4 |
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| 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. | |||
Maqsood et al. Nutrition Journal 2004 3:21 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-3-21 |
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