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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and serum parameters of pregnant and non pregnant women

From: Vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy of HIV infected and non-infected women in tropical settings of Northwest Ethiopia

Characteristics

Pregnant (n = 423)

Non pregnant (n = 55)

 

With HIV (44)

Without HIV (379)

With HIV (30)

Without HIV (25)

Age (years)

25.50 ± 4.90

25.37 ± 5.76

29.57 ± 6.7

26.28 ± 7.4

BMI (kg/m2)

23.56 ± 3.04¶

23.45 ± 3.05¶

18.67 ± 4.31

20.55 ± 3.1

Serum retinol (μmol/L)

0.96 ± 0.42*

1.10 ± 0.45$

0.74 ± 0.39§

1.18 ± 0.59

£Albumin gm/dl

3.65 ± 0.68*

3.99 ± 85

ND

ND

£Total protein (gm/dl)

6.12 ± 0.94

5.99 ± 1.22

ND

ND

£Cholesterol (mg/dl)

144.5 ± 54.20*

168 ± 51.52

ND

ND

  1. Keys: ¶P value <0.001 versus HIV positive non pregnant women and HIV negative non pregnant women; *P value = 0.04 versus HIV negative pregnant women, $P value = 0.02 versus HIV positive non pregnant women, § P value = 0.000 verse HIV negative non pregnant women, ND: Not done, £ N = 107
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