Serum vitamin D levels and risk of prevalent tuberculosis, incident tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test conversion among prisoners
Maceda EB, Gonçalves C, Andrews JR, Ko AI, Yeckel CW, Croda J. Serum vitamin D levels and risk of prevalent tuberculosis, incident tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test conversion among prisoners. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 997. PMID: 29343733, PMCID: PMC5772514, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19589-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin D levelsTuberculin skin test conversionPoor vitamin D statusSkin test conversionVitamin D statusActive tuberculosisRisk of progressionCase-control studyD levelsRisk factorsTST conversionD statusCigarette smokingTest conversionSerum vitamin D levelsSubnormal vitamin D levelsMultivariable conditional logistic regressionConditional logistic regressionConsequence of diseaseIncident tuberculosisActive diseaseLatent tuberculosisPrevalent tuberculosisVitamin DBlack race