2020
Vitamin D Supplements for Prevention of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease
Ganmaa D, Uyanga B, Zhou X, Gantsetseg G, Delgerekh B, Enkhmaa D, Khulan D, Ariunzaya S, Sumiya E, Bolortuya B, Yanjmaa J, Enkhtsetseg T, Munkhzaya A, Tunsag M, Khudyakov P, Seddon JA, Marais BJ, Batbayar O, Erdenetuya G, Amarsaikhan B, Spiegelman D, Tsolmon J, Martineau AR. Vitamin D Supplements for Prevention of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 383: 359-368. PMID: 32706534, PMCID: PMC7476371, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1915176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin D groupAcute respiratory infectionsVitamin D supplementationPlacebo groupRespiratory infectionsTuberculosis infectionD groupVitamin DTuberculosis diseaseD supplementationAdverse eventsQFT resultsPositive QFT resultWeekly oral doseVitamin D supplementsQuantiFERON-TB GoldProportion of childrenD supplementsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeOral doseD levelsImmune responseLower riskInfection
2010
Maternal Vitamin D Status and Child Tuberculosis, Anemia, and Morbidity in Tanzania
Finkelstein J, Mehta S, Manji K, Duggan C, Mugusi F, Spiegelman D, Msamanga G, Fawzi W. Maternal Vitamin D Status and Child Tuberculosis, Anemia, and Morbidity in Tanzania. The FASEB Journal 2010, 24: 227.3-227.3. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.227.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal vitamin D statusVitamin D statusLow vitamin D statusD statusLow vitamin D levelsPregnant Tanzanian womenTrial of vitaminVitamin D levelsChild health outcomesAssociation of outcomesTimes greater riskProportional hazards modelMonths of ageCD4 countHIV stageChart reviewPulmonary tuberculosisRespiratory symptomsChild tuberculosisSevere anemiaD levelsLowest quintileSecond quintileAnemia outcomesLower risk