Joanne Katz|Subarna K. Khatry|Keith P. West|Jean H. Humphrey|Steven C. LeClerq|Elizabeth Kimbrough Pradhan|R. P. Pohkrel|Alfred Sommer
Night Blindness Is Prevalent during Pregnancy and Lactation in Rural Nepal
Johns Hopkins University|Nepal Red Cross Society|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Nepal Red Cross Society|Johns Hopkins University
prevalence night blindness pregnancy lactation assessed sample 426 women living rural terai nepal women also examined ocular signs vitamin deficiency among 241 lactating women 162 reported experiencing night blindness time pregnancy produced infant breastfeeding among 185 pregnant women 81 reported nightblind time interview odds night blindness current pregnancy six times greater women reported night blindness previous pregnancy nightblind women likely come households lower socioeconomic status teenage women age 30 highest risk particularly higher parity within age groups vitamin deficiency night blindness marker seems problem population pregnant lactating women potential health consequences women infants