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We used serum samples from this survey to estimate the prevalence of iron and vitamin A deficiency in 2112 Cambodian WRA, aged 15 to 39 years. Iron deficiency was classified as low or marginal iron stores (ferritin concentrations corrected for inflammation &lt;15 \u03bcg\/L and &lt;50 \u03bcg\/L respectively; Fer), iron deficient erythropoiesis (soluble transferrin receptor concentrations &gt;8.3 mg\/L; sTfR), or low total body iron (TBI) derived from Fer and sTfR concentrations (&lt;0 mg\/kg). Vitamin A status was classified using retinol binding protein (RBP) concentrations corrected for inflammation as deficient (&lt;0.70 \u03bcmol\/L) or marginal (&lt;1.05 \u03bcmol\/L. Overall, the prevalence of low iron stores, low TBI and iron deficient erythropoiesis was 8.1%, 5.0% and 9.3% respectively. Almost 40% of the women had marginal iron stores. Iron status was better in women living in urban areas compared to rural areas (p &lt; 0.05 for TBI and sTfR). The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency was &lt;1%. These findings suggest that the contribution of iron and vitamin A deficiency to the high prevalence of anemia in Cambodian WRA may be limited. The etiology of anemia in Cambodia needs to be elucidated further to guide current policies on anemia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu8040197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,1]],"date-time":"2016-04-01T10:31:20Z","timestamp":1459506680000},"page":"197","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Low Prevalence of Iron and Vitamin A Deficiency among Cambodian Women of Reproductive Age"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Frank","family":"Wieringa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"UMR-204 Nutripass, Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement, IRD\/UM\/SupAgro, 34394 Montpellier, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prak","family":"Sophonneary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Whitney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bunsoth","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Planning Unit, University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacques","family":"Berger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UMR-204 Nutripass, Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement, IRD\/UM\/SupAgro, 34394 Montpellier, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joel","family":"Conkle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNICEF, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"},{"name":"Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marjoleine","family":"Dijkhuizen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Copenhagen University, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arnaud","family":"Laillou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNICEF, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2001). 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