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- Title
Prevalence and influence factors of vitamin A deficiency of Chinese pregnant women.
- Authors
Chun Yang; Jing Chen; Zhen Liu; Chunfeng Yun; Jianhua Piao; Xiaoguang Yang; Yang, Chun; Chen, Jing; Liu, Zhen; Yun, Chunfeng; Piao, Jianhua; Yang, Xiaoguang
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Vitamin A plays an important role in the periods of rapid cellular growth and differentiation, especially during pregnancy, which is supplied by the mother to the fetus. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and potential influence factors of prenatal VAD of Chinese pregnant women.<bold>Methods: </bold>China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2010-2013(CHNNS2010-2013) is a nationally representative cross-sectional study. It involved the random selection of 150 districts (urban) or counties (rural). Each site randomly selected 30 pregnant women. Because volume of blood and incomplete data was taken into consideration,the final sample was formed by 1209 participants. Serum retinol concentrations were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. Characteristics of the pregnant women were collected by a questionnaire. Comparing retinol level across categories of independent variables was tested by the Mann-Whitney U test. Logistic and linear regression analyses were used to identify influence factors of Chinese pregnant women.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean serum retinol level of the pregnant women was 1.63 μmol/L (95 % CI 1.60-1.67) and 64[5.3 % (95 % CI 4.03-6.56)] had VAD. The odds of VAD were significantly higher among the pregnant women in the poor rural areas and without college or university education and low- income. Pregnant women in the second and third trimester had 2.40 (95 % CI 1.05-5.46) and 2.82 (95 % CI 1.34-5.93) times increased odds of VAD compared with those in the first trimester respectively. Pregnant women of drinker had 3.10(1.65-5.81) times increased odds of VAD compared with those no drinker. Pregnant smokers had 5.68 (95 % CI 2.23-14.49) times higher odds of VAD compared with pregnant with non-smoker without passive smoking.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>VAD is of mild public-health issue in Chinese pregnant women. Such as : in the poor rural areas and without received college or university education and low- income and advanced gestational age and unhealthy lifestyles of pregnant women such as smoking and drinking. These were pertinent influence factors of VAD.
- Subjects
CHINA; NUTRITION in pregnancy; VITAMIN A deficiency; DISEASE prevalence; CHINESE women; NUTRITION surveys; HEALTH; ASIANS; PREGNANCY complications; REGRESSION analysis; RURAL population; SURVEYS; VITAMIN A; CITY dwellers; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; NUTRITIONAL status
- Publication
Nutrition Journal, 2016, p1
- ISSN
1475-2891
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12937-016-0131-7