Table 2 |
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Characteristics of children, aged 1–5 years, with and without night blindness in the Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Night blindness |
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| Characteristic 1 |
Yes (n = 24) |
No (n = 257) |
P |
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| Mean age (years) |
3.5 (3.0, 4.0) |
2.9 (2.7, 3.1) |
0.03 |
| Sex (% male) |
66.7 |
48.6 |
0.09 |
| Geometric mean AGP (mg/L) |
925 (819, 1044) |
924 (881, 970) |
0.99 |
| AGP >1000 mg/L (%) |
43.5 |
45.8 |
0.83 |
| Geometric mean CRP (mg/L) |
1.3 (0.2, 11.8) |
1.7 (0.1, 324.3) |
0.36 |
| CRP >5 mg/L (%) |
8.7 |
23.1 |
0.11 |
| With inflammation (%) 2 |
47.8 |
49.3 |
0.89 |
| Geometric mean IL-6 (pg/mL) |
3.9 (0.9, 14.1) |
3.9 (0.7, 16.2) |
0.96 |
| Mean retinol (μmol/L) |
0.40 (0.04, 1.00) |
0.62 (0.02, 1.90) |
0.007 |
| Retinol <0.70 μmol/L (%) |
79.2 |
56.8 |
0.03 |
| Mean hemoglobin (g/L) |
106 (101, 110) |
109 (108, 110) |
0.09 |
| Hemoglobin <110 g/L (%) |
58.3 |
35.7 |
0.029 |
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1 For continuous variables (95% CI). 2 Inflammation defined as AGP >1000 mg/L and/or CRP >5 mg/L. |
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Maqsood et al. Nutrition Journal 2004 3:21 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-3-21 |
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