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Dietary vitamin A intake and the risk of mortality among children

W W Fawzi et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

Increased consumption of dietary vitamin A is advocated as a long-term solution to vitamin A deficiency. We prospectively examined the relationship of dietary vitamin A intake and child mortality among 28,753 Sudanese children aged 6 mo to 6 y, who participated in a trial of vitamin A supplementation. After 18 mo of follow-up, 232 children died. Total dietary vitamin A intake was strongly and inversely associated with risk of mortality. The age- and sex-adjusted relative risk (RR) of mortality for a comparison of children in extreme quintiles was 0.35 (95% CIs 0.21-0.60; P for trend over quintiles < 0.0001). Even after possible confounding by socioeconomic variables was adjusted for, vitamin A intake was significantly protective (multi-variate relative risk 0.53). Dietary vitamin A intake was especially protective among children who were wasted and stunted or who had diarrhea or cough. These prospective data support an important role of dietary vitamin A in reducing childhood mortality in developing countries.

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