| Methods |
Individually randomised, placebo‐controlled trial conducted in Zambia, Africa |
| Participants |
Boys aged 3‐4 years were eligible for inclusion in the trial. A total of 36 children were included in the trial in which 19 were in the vitamin A group and 17 in the placebo group |
| Interventions |
The intervention group received a single dose of 60 mg vitamin A and the control group received the same amount of placebo |
| Outcomes |
Mean plasma retinol levels, prevalence of fever, diarrhoea, rhinorrhoea, cough, and malaria |
| Notes |
Data were available only in the form of abstract, and the numbers do not match those given in the Results section of abstract. It was decided among the group to wait for publication of this study before we include it in the review |
