Table 1.
Relationship between inflammation and demographic characteristics of children, age 1–5 years, in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
| Inflammation 1 | |||
| Characteristic 2 | No (n = 125) | Yes (n = 123) | P |
| Mean age (years) | 3.2 (3.0, 3.4) | 2.8 (2.5, 3.0) | 0.016 |
| Sex (% male) | 54.3 | 43.1 | 0.075 |
| Night blind (%) | 9.5 | 8.9 | 0.83 |
| Hospitalized in last year (%) | |||
| 0 | 23.6 | 11.0 | 0.024 |
| 1–2 | 44.7 | 43.2 | |
| 3–4 | 18.7 | 31.4 | |
| 5+ | 13.0 | 14.4 | |
| Mean number of people living in house | 11.4 (10.1, 12.7) | 11.3 (10.1, 12.4) | 0.62 |
| Currently breastfeeding (%) | 14.3 | 18.9 | 0.33 |
| Presence of a vegetable garden at home (%) | 32.2 | 32.8 | 0.93 |
| Mean hemoglobin (g/L) | 119 (108, 112) | 109 (106, 110) | 0.19 |
| Hemoglobin <110 g/L (%) | 31.7 | 43.8 | 0.05 |
| Mean retinol (μmol/L) | 0.66 (0.61, 0.72) | 0.52 (0.47, 0.58) | 0.0005 |
| Retinol <0.70 μmol/L (%) | 52.0 | 67.5 | 0.013 |
1 Defined as CRP >5 mg/L and/or AGP >1000 mg/L. 2 Geometric mean; 95% CI in parentheses.