Vitamin D status among pulmonary TB patients and non-TB controls: a cross-sectional study from Mwanza, Tanzania

Little is known about vitamin D status in low-income populations burdened with infectious diseases. Hence, there is a need for data on correlates of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (S-25(OH)D) and its validity during infections. To assess the role of pulmonary TB (PTB) and HIV as correlates of S-25(OH)D....

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-12, Vol.8 (12), p.e81142-e81142
Hauptverfasser:	Friis, Henrik, Range, Nyagosya, Changalucha, John, Praygod, George, Jeremiah, Kidola, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Krarup, Henrik, Mølgaard, Christian, Andersen, Åse Bengaard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Analysis Antiretroviral drugs Arm Arm circumference Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Body Weight C-reactive protein C-Reactive Protein - metabolism Case-Control Studies Coinfection Communicable diseases Control methods Cross-Sectional Studies Female Females Glycoproteins HIV HIV Infections - blood HIV Infections - virology Humans Infections Infectious diseases Low income groups Male Males Medical research Middle Aged Muscles Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Nutrition Nutritional Status Patients Regression Analysis Sex Sexually transmitted diseases Sputum Sputum - microbiology STD Tanzania Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - blood Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology Vitamin D Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives Vitamin D - blood Vitamin deficiency
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