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Vitamin A and Carotenoids During Pregnancy and Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Health Outcomes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Vitamin A (VA) deficiency during pregnancy is common in low income countries and a growing number of intervention trials have examined the effects of supplementation during pregnancy on maternal, perinatal, and infant ... -
Vitamin A deficiency: policy implications of estimates of trends and mortality in children – Authors' reply
(Elsevier BV, 2016)Our reference to the work of Mason and colleagues was in a sentence that stated that “until this [an improvement in the overall nutrition of the population, including through dietary diversification and improved access to ... -
Vitamin A Impairs the Reprogramming of Tregs into IL-17-Producing Cells during Intestinal Inflammation
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)Maintaining the identity of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) is critical for controlling immune responses in the gut, where an imbalance between Tregs and T effector cells has been linked to inflammatory bowel disease. ... -
Vitamin a supplementation and other predictors of anemia among children from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000)The associations of hemoglobin, hematocrit, and packed cell volume with socioeconomic factors, malaria, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and nutritional status were examined among 687 children admitted to ... -
Vitamin a Supplements Ameliorate the Adverse Effect of HIV-1, Malaria, and Diarrheal Infections on Child Growth
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2002)Objective. Evidence from animal experiments and observational studies in humans suggests that vitamin A plays a fundamental role in physical growth. However, results from vitamin A supplementation trials in children are ... -
Vitamin B6 and colorectal cancer: Current evidence and future directions
(Baishideng Publishing Group, 2013)Colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer in both women and men worldwide. Identifying modifiable dietary factors is crucial in developing primary prevention strategies. Vitamin B6 is involved in more than 100 ... -
Vitamin B6 Intake, Alcohol Consumption, and Colorectal Cancer: A Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort of Women
(Elsevier, 2005)Background: & Aims: Vitamin 136 has a crucial role in 1-carbon metabolism, which involves DNA synthesis and DNA methylation. Aberrations in these processes have been implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis. We examined ... -
Vitamin D
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Vitamin D and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review
(MDPI, 2016)Low vitamin D status in early development has been hypothesised as an environmental risk factor for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), given the concurrent increase in the prevalence of these two conditions, and the association ... -
Vitamin D and Calcium Intakes, Physical Activity, and Calcaneus BMC among School-Going 13-Year Old Malaysian Adolescents
(MDPI, 2016)Background: Dietary calcium and vitamin D are essential for bone development. Apart from diet, physical activity may potentially improve and sustain bone health. Objective: To investigate the relationship between the dietary ... -
Vitamin D and Cancer Incidence in the Harvard Cohorts
(Elsevier, 2009)Since the hypothesis that vitamin D reduces the risk of some cancers was initiated in 1980, this hypothesis has been studied in the Harvard cohort studies, including the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), the Health Professionals ... -
Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer: Molecular, Epidemiological, and Clinical Evidence
(Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016)In many cells throughout the body, vitamin D is converted into its active form calcitriol and binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which functions as a transcription factor to regulate various biological processes including ... -
Vitamin D and HIV Progression among Tanzanian Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: There is growing evidence of an association between low vitamin D and HIV disease progression; however, no prospective studies have been conducted among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan ... -
Vitamin D and Neurodegenerative Disease With Selected Topics Related to Correlated and Missing Outcome Data
(2015-09-15)The following dissertation addresses of two themes: the role of vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases and methodologic concepts related to correlated missing outcome data. In the first chapter, the relation between ... -
Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplements in children with autism spectrum disorder: a study protocol for a factorial randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: There is strong mechanistic evidence to suggest that vitamin D and omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFAs), specifically docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have the potential to significantly ... -
Vitamin D and prevention of colorectal cancer
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Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To evaluate the extent to which circulating biomarker and supplements of vitamin D are associated with mortality from cardiovascular, cancer, or other conditions, under various circumstances. Design: Systematic ... -
Vitamin D and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: Observational studies have demonstrated an association between decreased vitamin D level and risk of multiple sclerosis (MS); however, it remains unclear whether this relationship is causal. We undertook a ... -
The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART): Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy for the primary prevention of asthma and allergies in children
(Elsevier BV, 2014)There is intense interest in the role of vitamin D in the development of asthma and allergies. However, studies differ on whether a higher vitamin D intake or status in pregnancy or at birth is protective against asthma ... -
Vitamin D Binding Protein and Bone Health
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)Vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is the major carrier protein of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D) in the circulation, where it may serve roles in maintaining stable levels during times of decreased 25(OH) availability and in ...