Extent of vitamin A deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Cadi Parvin Banu¹  Nasima Akhter¹  Shoko Wada¹  Tahmeed Ahmed¹  AM Shamsir Ahmed¹  Faruk Ahmed¹  Vanessa Lee¹ 

关键词: Vitamin A deficiency;    Pregnant women;    Serum retinol;    Rural;    Bangladesh;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980008002723

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status.SettingCommunity Nutrition Promoter (CNP) centres in Kapasia sub-district of Gazipur district, Bangladesh.DesignA cross-sectional study.Subjects and methodsTwo hundred women, aged 18–39 years, in their second or third trimester of pregnancy were selected from seventeen CNP centres in four unions of Kapasia sub-district where they usually visit for antenatal care. Various socio-economic, personal and pregnancy-related information, dietary intake of vitamin A and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) data were collected. Serum retinol (vitamin A) concentration was determined.ResultsMore than half (51 %) of the pregnant women had low vitamin A status (serum retinol

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