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Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation and risk of acute respiratory infection in Mongolia

Camargo CA, Ganmaa D, Frazier AL, Kirchberg FF, Stuart JJ, Kleinman K, Sumberzul N, Rich-Edwards JW

Pediatrics · 194 citas

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Financiación
Financiado por la industria
Empresa
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Universidad u hospital
Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences

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Publicación

Publicado
2012-08-20 · Pediatrics · vol. 130 · número 3 · págs. e561–e567
Editorial
American Academy of Pediatrics
Citado
285 citas · más que el 100% de estudios similares · 24.7× el promedio de su campo
Impacto
Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
Referencias
32 trabajos
Acceso
De pago
Áreas de investigación
Vitamin D Research Studies · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases · Respiratory viral infections research
Palabras clave
vitamin D supplementation, acute respiratory infections, vitamin D deficiency, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, elementary school students, milk fortification, winter, Mongolia, wheezing
MeSH
milk, animals, humans, respiratory tract infections, vitamin d deficiency, acute disease, vitamin d, double-blind method, dietary supplements, food, fortified, child, mongolia

8 autores

  • Carlos A. Camargo🇺🇸Harvard University; Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Davaasambuu Ganmaa🇺🇸Harvard University
  • A. Lindsay Frazier🇺🇸Harvard University; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Franca Fabiana Kirchberg🇺🇸Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Jennifer J. Stuart🇺🇸Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
  • KEN P. KLEINMAN🇺🇸Harvard University; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Nyamjav Sumberzul
  • Janet Wilson Rich-Edwards🇺🇸Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University

Resumen

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Objective

Observational studies suggest that serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) are inversely associated with acute respiratory infections (ARIs). We hypothesized that vitamin D supplementation of children with vitamin D deficiency would lower the risk of ARIs.

Methods

By using cluster randomization, classrooms of 744 Mongolian schoolchildren were randomly assigned to different treatments in winter (January-March). This analysis focused on a subset of 247 children who were assigned to daily ingestion of unfortified regular milk (control; n = 104) or milk fortified with 300 IU of vitamin D(3) (n = 143). This comparison was double-blinded. The primary outcome was the number of parent-reported ARIs over the past 3 months.

Results

At baseline, the median serum 25(OH)D level was 7 ng/mL (interquartile range: 5-10 ng/mL). At the end of the trial, follow-up was 99% (n = 244), and the median 25(OH)D levels of children in the control versus vitamin D groups was significantly different (7 vs 19 ng/mL; P < .001). Compared with controls, children receiving vitamin D reported significantly fewer ARIs during the study period (mean: 0.80 vs 0.45; P = .047), with a rate ratio of 0.52 (95% confidence interval: 0.31-0.89). Adjusting for age, gender, and history of wheezing, vitamin D continued to halve the risk of ARI (rate ratio: 0.50 [95% confidence interval: 0.28-0.88]). Similar results were found among children either below or above the median 25(OH)D level at baseline (rate ratio: 0.41 vs 0.57; P(interaction) = .27).

Conclusions

Vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced the risk of ARIs in winter among Mongolian children with vitamin D deficiency.

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