Children with lower respiratory tract infections and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D

Autor:	Angel Alfonso, Velarde López, Jeffrey S, Gerber, Mary B, Leonard, Dawei, Xie, Rita, Schinnar, Brian L, Strom
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Male Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Prevalence Humans Infant Female Comorbidity Guatemala Vitamin D Deficiency Respiratory Tract Infections Calcifediol
Zdroj:	Pediatric pulmonology. 51(10)
ISSN:	1099-0496
Popis:	Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children under age of 5 years worldwide. The role of vitamin D in respiratory infections including pneumonia is unclear; therefore, we aimed to determine if children with lower respiratory tract infections had low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin DWe performed a case-control study of children ages 3-60 months from the Guatemala City metropolitan area, hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia between September and December 2012. Controls were selected from the well-baby/care immunization clinics serving the population from which cases emerged. We analyzed serum 25-hydroxyvitamin DThe median (IQR) serum 25-hydroxyvitamin DChildren with lower respiratory tract infections in Guatemala had low 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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