Vitamin-D deficiency predicts infections in young north Indian children: A secondary data analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 3; p. e0170509
• Main Authors: Chowdhury, Ranadip, Taneja, Sunita, Bhandari, Nita, Sinha, Bireshwar, Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash, Bhan, Maharaj Kishan, Strand, Tor A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.03.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Anemia; Bacterial infections; Biochemistry; Biology and life sciences; Breast feeding; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical trials; Cyanocobalamin; Data analysis; Data processing; Deficiency diseases; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - complications; Diarrhea - diagnosis; Dietary Supplements; Ethics; Female; Folic acid; Folic Acid - administration & dosage; Health aspects; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infant; Infections; Infectious diseases; Luminescent Measurements; Male; Maternal & child health; Mathematical models; Medical research; Medicine and health sciences; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrition; Odds Ratio; Pediatrics; People and Places; Physical sciences; Pneumonia; Pneumonia - complications; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory Tract Infections - complications; Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis; Risk factors; Seasons; Social Class; Studies; Supplementation; Supplements; Underweight; Vitamin B 12 - administration & dosage; Vitamin B12; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; Vitamin D Deficiency - pathology; Vitamin deficiency; India

Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between poor vitamin D status and respiratory infections and diarrhea among young children. Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) and diarrhea are among the two most important causes of death in under-5 children. In this paper, we examined the exte...