Stoltzfus R J, Underwood B A
Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Bull World Health Organ. 1995;73(5):703-11.
This article reviews the evidence for using breast-milk vitamin A as an indicator of vitamin A status and provides technical information for researchers who want to use this indicator to assess the vitamin A status of women and breast-fed children. Breast-milk vitamin A is a unique indicator for assessing the vitamin A status of lactating women and their breast-fed infants, and has recently been recommended by WHO for use in monitoring global elimination of vitamin A deficiency. Assessing breast-milk vitamin A is less invasive than alternative approaches for assessing a mother's vitamin A status and not at all invasive for her infant. Collection of milk samples in the field is generally feasible and acceptable. Breast-milk vitamin A appears to be an especially good indicator for measuring the impact of vitamin A interventions on women and infants, and for this purpose, it is more responsive than other indicators.
本文回顾了将母乳中的维生素A作为维生素A状况指标的证据，并为那些希望使用该指标评估妇女和母乳喂养儿童维生素A状况的研究人员提供技术信息。母乳中的维生素A是评估哺乳期妇女及其母乳喂养婴儿维生素A状况的独特指标，世界卫生组织最近已建议将其用于监测全球消除维生素A缺乏症的工作。评估母乳中的维生素A比评估母亲维生素A状况的其他方法侵入性更小，对其婴儿则完全无侵入性。在实地采集乳汁样本通常是可行且可接受的。母乳中的维生素A似乎是衡量维生素A干预措施对妇女和婴儿影响的特别好的指标，为此目的，它比其他指标更具响应性。
