KEKURANGAN VITAMIN A PADA KELOMPOK BAYI DAN FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN Dl KABUPATEN BOGOR

Background: Based on clinical indicators, vitamin A deficiency in lndonesia is not a public health problem because the prevalence of xerophthalmia has been decreased to 0.34%. But, this decrease has not been followed by a decrease of marginal deficiency of vitamin A in vulnerable groups, especially infants. Methods: The cross-sectional baseline study was conducted at Bogor District. The aim of the study was to collect information about the vitamin A status of the breastfed infant, and to look for a relationship between many factors related to it. The samples were 183 breastfed infants aged 2 - 4 months without chronic disease, congenital disease, severe PEM nor twins. The chi-square and the prevalence odds ratio (POR) at the 95% confidence interval were used to measure the association between variables. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to measure the closest factors to infant's vitamin A status