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Correction: Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study
Correction: Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study

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Ssentongo,Ba,Ssentongo,Fronterre,Whalen,Yang,Ericson,and Chinchilli: Correction: Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study

In Table 1, the headings Vitamin A Deficient n = 4341 (%) and Not Vitamin A Deficient n = 4341 (%) are swapped in the third and fourth columns. The third column should be Not Vitamin A Deficient n = 4341 (%) and the fourth should be Vitamin A Deficient n = 424 (%). Please see the correct Table 1 here.

Table 1
Background characteristics of the survey participants.


Characteristics
Overall

N = 4765 (%)
Not Vitamin A

Deficient n = 4341 (%)
Vitamin A Deficient n = 424 (%)p-value
Child-level variables
Child age, mo*32.5±15.432.5±15.532.1±14.40.55
Categories of child age in mo0.22
    6–11512 (10.8)477 (11.0)35 (8.3)
    12–231042 (21.9)946 (21.8)96 (22.6)
    24–593211 (67.5)2918 (67.3)293 (69.1)
    Male sex of child2403 (50.4)2173 (50.1)230 (54.2)0.10
Birth order and birth interval0.03
    First child450 (31.9)422 (32.6)28 (23.9)
    2nd or 3rd child, > 2 years interval590 (41.8)529 (40.9)61 (52.1)
    2nd or 3rd child, ≤ 2 years interval99 (7.0)92 (7.1)7 (6.0)
    4th or more child, > 2 years interval190 (13.5)180 (13.9)10 (8.6)
    4th or more child, ≤ 2 years interval83 (5.9)72 (5.6)11 (9.4)
Vitamin A supplementation in past 6 mo1246 (59.4)1142 (59.6)104 (57.1)0.65
Deworming medication in past 6 mo2611 (61.2)2382 (61.5)229 (58.4)0.17
Had diarrhea last two weeks380 (18)343 (17.9)35 (19)0.73
Anemia level<0.01
    None2207 (46.4)2049 (47.3)158 (37.3)
    Mild1142 (24.0)1043 (24.1)99 (23.4)
    Moderate1298 (27.3)1160 (26.8)138 (32.6)
    Severe111 (2.3)82 (1.9)29 (6.8)
Household-level variables
Wealth index quintiles0.08
    Lowest1222 (25.6)1114 (25.7)108 (25.5)
    Second1027 (21.6)923 (21.3)104 (24.5)
    Middle960 (20.2)871 (20.1)89 (21.0)
    Fourth879 (18.5)798 (18.4)81 (19.1)
    Highest677 (14.2)635 (14.6)42 (9.9)
Mother Educated3494 (86.4)3200 (86.5)294 (85.22)0.43
Father Educated3121 (94.6)2854 (94.7)267 (93.4)0.33
Mother working3357 (75.2)3084 (75.6)273 (70.9)0.04
Father working3078 (93.3)2816 (93.5)262 (91.6)0.23
Iodized salt in the household4524 (94.9)4122 (95.0)402 (94.8)0.27
Owns land for agriculture3615 (75.9)3298 (76.0)317 (74.8)0.58
Owns livestock, herds or farm animal3452 (72.4)3152 (72.61)300 (70.75)0.41
Cluster-level variables
Place of residence0.08
    Urban796 (16.7)738 (17.0)58 (13.7)
    Rural3969 (83.3)3603 (83.0)366 (86.32)
Administrative geographical region<0.01
    Kampala165 (3.5)154(3.5)11 (2.6)
    Central 1382 (8.0)348(8.0)34 (8.0)
    Central 2390 (8.2)353(8.1)37 (8.7)
    Busoga469 (9.8)399(9.2)70 (16.5)
    Bukedi351 (7.4)280(6.5)71 (16.8)
    Bugishu256 (5.4)232 (5.3)24 (5.7)
    Teso342(7.2)312 (7.2)30 (7.1)
    Karamoja232(4.9)223 (5.1)9 (2.1)
    Lango333(7.0)316 (7.3)17 (4.0)
    Acholi290(6.1)266 (6.1)24 (5.7)
    West Nile299(6.3)271 (6.2)28 (6.6)
    Bunyoro324(6.8)300 (6.9)24 (5.7)
    Tooro414(8.7)397 (9.2)17 (4.0)
    Ankole307(6.4)285 (6.6)22 (5.1)
    Kigezi211(4.4)205 (4.7)6 (1.4)
Growing season length, days†315±15300±15302 ± 50.16
Under 5 population*50 (26 to 91)50 (25 to 92)53 (30 to 88)0.07

*n ± standard deviation; †median (25th, 75th percentiles).

Reference

PSsentongo, DMBa, AESsentongo, CFronterre, AWhalen, et al. (2020) Association of vitamin A deficiency with early childhood stunting in Uganda: A population-based cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE 15(5): e0233615. 10.1371/journal.pone.0233615