dc.contributor.author | Munene, RM | |
dc.contributor.author | Adala, HS | |
dc.contributor.author | Masinde, MS | |
dc.contributor.author | Rana, FS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-07T09:08:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-07T09:08:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 2003 Sep;80(9):476-9 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14640169 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29892 | |
dc.description.abstract | To determine the prevalence of Xerophthalmia among Kenyan children aged four to seven years in high risk using Conjuctival Impression Cytology and transfer.
DESIGN:
A cross sectional community based study.
SETTING:
Mathare slum in Nairobi and Tiva/Ithiani area of Kitui.
SUBJECTS:
Children aged four to seven years residing in the above areas were assessed for both clinical and cytological features of vitamin A deficiency.
RESULTS:
Of the 342 children included in this study, 316 (92.0%) were normal, five (1.5%) had XN, 19 (5.9% had XIA and two (0.6%) had XIB. No signs of corneal Xerophthalmia were seen in this study. Conjuctival impression cytology and transfer (CICT) was used to asses for squamous metaplastic changes associated with Vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Seventy five (23.1%) of the children were normal by CICT while 249 (76.9%) were abnormal. In comparing the two areas of study, only 13.2% of the children in Mathare had normal CICT compared to 50% in Kitui. For each of the age groups studied there was significant difference between the two areas with children from Mathare being more deficient than those from Kitui.
CONCLUSION:
VAD is a significant health problem in the high risk areas assessed by CICT in this study | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Vitamin A deficiency among Kenyan children as detected by conjunctival impression cytology | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Kenyatta National Hospita | en |