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Disproportionate Vitamin A Deficiency in Women of Specific Ethnicities Linked to Differences in Allele Frequencies of Vitamin A-Related Polymorphisms.
Nutrients - 21 May 2021
Suzuki Masako, Wang Tao, Garretto Diana, Isasi Carmen R, Cardoso Wellington V, Greally John M, Quadro Loredana
Abstract excerpt
Background: While the current national prevalence rate of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is estimated to be less than 1%, it is suggested that it varies between different ethnic groups and races within the U.S. We assessed the prevalence of VAD in pregnant women of different ethnic groups and tested these prevalence rates for associations with the vitamin A-related single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) allele...
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