Evaluation of vitamin A status during pregnancy.

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dc.contributor.authorBiswas, A Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorMitra, N Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, Ien_US
dc.contributor.authorBasu, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sen_US
dc.date.accessioned2000-09-09en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-31T11:00:32Z
dc.date.available2000-09-09en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-31T11:00:32Z
dc.date.issued2000-09-09en_US
dc.description.abstractAdequate maternal vitamin A nutrition is essential for successful pregnancy outcome and estimation of serum retinol among pregnant women enables a precise and objective assessment of vitamin A status, during pregnancy, even in subclinical state. In order to evaluate vitamin A status during pregnancy, and its relationship with personal and pregnancy related variables of the mother, 300 antenatal clinic attenders were interviewed at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta and tested for serum retinol, using Carr-Price test. Serum retinol values less than 30 microg/dl and 20 microg/dl, in this study, were considered as poor and severe vitamin A deficiency respectively. According to this 14.7% and 4% pregnant women were found to be suffering from poor and severe vitamin A deficiency respectively. Clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency (eg, nightblindness) were reported only among 60% cases of the deficient population. The problems of vitamin A deficiency were associated with low literacy and poor nutritional status of the mother, advanced gestational age of current pregnancy,increased number of pregnancies, shorter interval between births and poor dietary intake of vitamin A rich foods during pregnancy. The study thus raises the question of supplementation of vitamin A, during pregnancy, in Indian context where habitual diets are either inadequate or deficient in vitamin A.en_US
dc.description.affiliationRG Kar Medical College, Calcutta.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBiswas AB, Mitra NK, Chakraborty I, Basu S, Kumar S. Evaluation of vitamin A status during pregnancy. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 2000 Sep; 98(9): 525-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/99875
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.jimaonline.org.in/en_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshDietary Supplementsen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshFood Habits --ethnologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIncidenceen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshNight Blindness --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshNutrition Policyen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Complications --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshSampling Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshVitamin A --blooden_US
dc.subject.meshVitamin A Deficiency --blooden_US
dc.titleEvaluation of vitamin A status during pregnancy.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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