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IMPACT OF VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION ON CHILDHOOD MORTALITY

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Sommer, Alfred, Djunaedi, Edi, Loeden, A.A, Tarwotjo, Ignatius, West, KeithP, Tilden, Robert, Mele, Lisa, The Aceh Study Group·1986·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91157-8
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450 villages in northern Sumatra were randomly assigned to either participate in a vitamin A supplementation scheme (n = 229) or serve for 1 year as a control (n = 221). 25 939 preschool children were examined at baseline and again 11 to 13 months later. Capsules containing 200 000 IU vitamin A were distributed to preschool children aged over 1 year by local volunteers 1 to 3 months after baseline enumeration and again 6 months later. Among children aged 12-71 months at baseline, mortality in control villages (75/10 231, 7.3 per 1000) was 49% greater than in those where supplements were given (53/10 919, 4.9 per 1000) (p less than 0.05). The impact of vitamin A supplementation seemed to be greater in boys than in girls. These results support earlier observations linking mild vitamin A deficiency to increased mortality and suggest that supplements given to vitamin A deficient populations may decrease mortality by as much as 34%.

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Authors
Sommer, A., Djunaedi, E., Loeden, A. A., Tarwotjo, I., West, K., Tilden, R., Mele, L., & The Aceh Study Group
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1986-05
Volume
327
Issue
8491
Pages
1169-1173
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91157-8
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680
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23.14
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journal article
Language
en
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