TABLE 3.
Vital signs and vitamin A levels
| Parameter | Value for patients with vitamin A levels of:
|
Wilcoxon P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| <20 μg/dl | ≥20 μg/dl | ||
| Pulse (beats/min) (40, 23)a: | |||
| Median | 160 | 128 | 0.005 |
| Range | 80-240 | 76-184 | |
| IQ range | 134-180 | 108-144 | |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) (40, 23): | |||
| Median | 60 | 36 | 0.003 |
| Range | 16-99 | 16-90 | |
| IQ range | 38-70 | 28-52 | |
| Temp (°C) (36, 20): | |||
| Median | 38.4 | 37.1 | 0.003 |
| Range | 35.1-40.8 | 36.1-39.9 | |
| IQ range | 37.2-39.6 | 36.7-37.6 | |
a
Numbers in parentheses refer to the number of patients evaluated for the indicated parameter who had vitamin A levels of <20 and ≥20 μg/dl, respectively. Various data were incomplete for various individuals.