Serum retinol concentrations demonstrate high specificity after correcting for inflammation but questionable sensitivity compared with liver stores calculated from isotope dilution in determining Vitamin A deficiency in Thai and Zambian children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1259-1265

  Suri, Devika J ^a   Tanumihardjo, Jacob P ^a   Gannon, Bryan M ^a   Pinkaew, Siwaporn ^b   Kaliwile, Chisela ^c   Chileshe, Justin ^d   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c National Food and Nutrition Commission   (Zambia)

^d TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

School age children; Stable isotope dilution; Thailand; Vitamin A deficiency; Zambia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ISOTOPE; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL; AUTACOID; CARBON; RETINOL ACETATE;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DILUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL INTOXICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; ZAMBIA; ALGORITHM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ALGORITHMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIVER; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OROSOMUCOID; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84957411023     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.113050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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