This randomized clinical trial compares the effects of 2 vitamin D dosing strategies on recurrent wheezing in black infants at 12months of age who were
Vitamin B12Black infantHealth disparitiesThe early life gut microbiome affects the developing brain, and therefore may serve as a target to support neurodevelopment of children living in stressful and under-resourced environments, such as Black youth living on the South Side of Chicago, for whom we...
Vitamin D reduces risk of recurrent wheezing in premature black infantsdoi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.052Litonjua, Augusto A.Elsevier ScienceThe Journal of Pediatrics
A vitamin D deficiency associated with the demographic and lifestyle factors of pregnant women and their infants was investigated in Giresun province, located in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The results of this study add that a vitamin D deficiency in the maternal and in the infants...