CRP and vitamin A deficiency: Vitamin A deficiency has been associated with CRP levels among preschool children with night blindness [16] and low concentrations of vitamin A has been described in overweight and obese Mexican children [22] but, to our knowledge, no cross-sectional studies have investigated, in healthy Caucasian children, the association of hs-CRP with retinol or any of the other lipid-soluble antioxidants we have analyzed.