Table 4.

Comparison of Observed Values by Vitamin A Status and Inflammatory Status

	Non-VADa (n=154)		VAD (n=17)				Non-APRb (n=154)		APR (n=17)
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	t	p	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	t	p
Breast Milk Retinol (μmol)	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.01	−0.27	0.786	0.10	0.00	0.09	0.01	0.51	0.610
Serum Retinol (μmol)	1.53	0.04	1.14	0.06	3.53	0.001	1.51	0.04	1.25	0.09	2.35	0.020
Milk-Retinol Allocation (ln)	−2.84	0.03	−2.57	0.08	−2.89	0.004	−2.83	0.03	−2.68	0.11	−1.59	0.113

^aVitamin A Deficient;

^bAcute Phase Response