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SUBMITTER: Larson LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6115742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larson Leila M LM Guo Junjie J Williams Anne M AM Young Melissa F MF Ismaily Sanober S Addo O Yaw OY Thurnham David D Tanumihardjo Sherry A SA Suchdev Parminder S PS Northrop-Clewes Christine A CA
Nutrients 20180816 8
The accurate estimation of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is critical to informing programmatic and policy decisions that could have important public health implications. However, serum retinol and retinol binding protein (RBP) concentrations, two biomarkers often used to estimate VAD, are temporarily altered during the acute phase response, potentially overestimating the prevalence of VAD in populations with high levels of inflammation. In 22 nationally-representative surveys, we examined (1) the a ...[more]