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Table 4 Relationship between serum vitamin A level with age and body mass index (BMI)

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

Variables

N

Serum retinol (μmol/L)

Mean ± SD

P value

Age (Years)

   

   < 20

20

1.09+0.44

0.070

   21-30

274

1.06+0.45

 

   31-40

73

1.04+0.48

 

   41+

4

0.88+0.57

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

   <18.5

34

0.89 ± 0.43

0.024

   >18.5

444

1.08 ± 0.45

Â