TABLE 2.

VA indicators and percentage total serum VA as REs categorized by total liver VA reserves¹

	Deficient (<0.1 μmol VA/g)	Optimal (≥0.1 to <0.7 μmol VA/g)	High (≥0.7 to <1 μmol VA/g)	Hypervitaminotic (≥1.0 μmol VA/g)
n	6	11	1	9
Total liver VA reserves, µmol/g	0.04 ± 0.032	0.28 ± 0.14	0.77	1.85 ± 0.96
Serum retinol, µmol/L	0.61 ± 0.68	1.26 ± 0.85	2.77	1.17 ± 0.64
Serum REs, nmol/L	2.27 ± 4.09	18.0 ± 14.4	24.8	33.2 ± 35.0
Total serum VA
As REs, %	0.90	1.75	0.89	3.31
As REs >5%, n	1	0	0	2
As REs >7.5%, n	0	0	0	2
As REs >10%, n	0	0	0	0

¹Categories for total liver VA reserves, as defined by reference 1. RE, retinyl ester; VA, vitamin A.

²Mean ± SD (all such values); the “High” category had only one subject and therefore does not have an SD.