Table 2.

Anemia and vitamin D status for HEU and HUU children.

Indicators	HEU children (N = 336)		HUU children (N = 334)		χ2/Z	P-value
	n	Prevalence (%)	n	Prevalence (%)
Anemia					1.086	0.297
No	301	89.6	307	91.9
Yes	35	10.4	27	8.1
Anemia severity a					−1.013	0.311
Without	301	89.6	307	91.9
Mild	35	10.4	25	7.5
Moderate	0	0.0	2	0.6
Vitamin D status					−4.579	0.000*
Deficiency(< 12 ng/ml)	66	19.6	38	11.4
Insufficiency (12–19.99 ng/ml)	84	25.0	54	16.2
Sufficiency (≥ 20 ng/ml)	186	55.4	242	72.5

HEU stands for HIV-exposed uninfected, HUU stands for HIV-unexposed uninfected.

^aThere were no cases of severe anemia in HEU and HUU children.

*P < 0.05.