Does bioconversion of plant carotenoids to vitamin A in Filipino school-aged children vary inversely with vitamin A status?
Three-day DRD can detect changes in the body pool size of vitamin A, although a predictive equation to quantitate total body stores of vitamin A with the use of 3-d data needs to be developed. Bioconversion of plant carotenoids to vitamin A varies inversely with vitamin A status; improvement in status after dietary interventions is strongly influenced by total body stores of vitamin A and is influenced little or not at all by serum retinol.
HRV is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in type 1 diabetic patients with nephropathy.