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The purpose of the study was to determine whether the exclusion of individuals with elevated acute phase proteins is associated with sampling bias and to characterize inflammation in children with night blindness.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>In a survey in the Republic of the Marshall Islands involving 281 children, aged 1\u20135 years, serum retinol, C-reactive protein (CRP), and \u03b1<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>-acid glycoprotein (AGP) were measured.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>Of 281 children, 24 (8.5%) had night blindness and 165 (58.7%) had serum retinol &lt;0.70 \u03bcmol\/L. Of 248 children with AGP and CRP measurements, 123 (49.6%) had elevated acute phase proteins (CRP &gt;5 mg\/L and\/or AGP &gt;1000 mg\/L). Among children with and without night blindness, the proportion with serum retinol &lt;0.70 \u03bcmol\/L was 79.2% and 56.8% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03) and with anemia was 58.3% and 35.7% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.029), respectively. The proportion of children with serum retinol &lt;0.70 \u03bcmol\/L was 52.0% after excluding children with elevated acute phase proteins. Among children with and without elevated acute phase proteins, mean age was 2.8 vs 3.2 years (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.016), the proportion of boys was 43.1% vs. 54.3% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.075), with no hospitalizations in the last year was 11.0% vs 23.6% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.024), and with anemia was 43.8% vs 31.7% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.05), respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>Exclusion of children with inflammation in this survey of vitamin A deficiency does not improve prevalence estimates for vitamin A deficiency and instead leads to sampling bias for variables such as age, gender, anemia, and hospitalization history.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1475-2891-3-21","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,1,13]],"date-time":"2005-01-13T12:42:43Z","timestamp":1105620163000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Vitamin A deficiency and inflammatory markers among preschool children in the Republic of the Marshall Islands"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Maria","family":"Maqsood","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Dancheck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mary V","family":"Gamble","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neal A","family":"Palafox","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michelle O","family":"Ricks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kennar","family":"Briand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard D","family":"Semba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2004,12,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"45_CR1","volume-title":"Sight and Life Manual on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders (VADD)","author":"DS McLaren","year":"2001","unstructured":"McLaren DS, Frigg M: Sight and Life Manual on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders (VADD). 2001, Basel: Task Force Sight and Life, 2","edition":"2"},{"key":"45_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"574","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/35.3.574","volume":"35","author":"I Tarwotjo","year":"1982","unstructured":"Tarwotjo I, Sommer A, Soegiharto T, Susanto D, Muhilal : Dietary practices and xerophthalmia among Indonesian children. 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