Table 4 Risk factors for children with VAD and low serum Vitamin A status (multivariate logistic regression analysis)(n = 357)
From: The survey of serum retinol of the children aged 0~4 years in Zhejiang Province, China
Variable | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (per unit increase in month) | 0.64 | 0.45–1.11 | < 0.001 |
Residential regions(urban vs rural) | 4.52 | 1.48–8.92 | 0.004 |
Average education years of parents (per unit increase in year of education) | 0.77 | 0.67–0.89 | < 0.001 |
Oral administration of vitamin A capsule(no vs yes) | 0.35 | 0.11–1.01 | 0.007 |