Clinical vitamin-A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant and lactating women in Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 3 Knowledge of pregnant and lactating women on Vitamin-A in Lay-Armachiho district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Heard about VAD	Yes	438	59.0
Heard about VAD	No	304	41.0
Mentioned sign of VAD	Weakness	36	4.9
	Becomes sick	27	3.6
	night blindness	176	23.7
	Total blindness	115	15.5
	Don’t know	388	52.3
Causes of VAD	Poor intake of variety of food	84	11.3
	Eating too little food	61	8.2
	Don’t know	597	80.5
Prevention of VAD with foods	Yes	209	28.2
Prevention of VAD with foods	No	533	71.8
Prevention of VAD	Vitamin A rich food	96	12.9
	Vitamin A added food	2	0.3
	Vitamin A supplementation	35	4.7
	Don’t know	609	82.1
Mentioned vitamin A rich food sources	Green leafy vegetables	79	10.6
	Fruits	31	4.2
	Eggs	13	1.8
	Organ meat	4	0.5
	Milk and milk product	24	3.2

ISSN: 1471-2393