Vitamin D In Gambian Children With Discordant Tuberculosis Infection Status Despite Matched TB Exposure: A Case Control Study
Lisa Stockdale
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Basil Sambou;
Muhamed Sissoko;
Uzo Egere;
Abdou K Sillah;
Beate Kampmann
;
Robin Basu Roy
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(2021)
Vitamin D In Gambian Children With Discordant Tuberculosis Infection Status Despite Matched TB Exposure: A Case Control Study.
European Journal of Pediatrics.
ISSN 0340-6199
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-484995/v1
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Using a matched case-control design we measured vitamin D levels in pairs of Gambian children with discordant infection status despite the same sleeping proximity to the same adult TB index case. Vitamin D levels were 2.05ng/mL higher in 24 highly TB-exposed uninfected children compared with 24 matched highly TB-Exposed infected children (p=0.08). The findings warrant further investigation in larger studies to understand the implications and significance. Conclusion: Vitamin D levels were higher in TB-uninfected children compared with TB-infected despite equal high exposure to a TB case.</jats:p>
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