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Longitudinal trajectory of vitamin D status from birth to early childhood in the development of food sensitization.
Pediatric research - 1 Sept 2013
Liu Xin, Arguelles Lester, Zhou Ying, Wang Guoying, Chen Qi, Tsai Hui-Ju, Hong Xiumei, Liu Rong, Price Heather E, Pearson Colleen, Apollon Stephanie, Cruz Natalie, Schleimer Robert, Langman Craig B, Pongracic Jacqueline A, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence supports the immunomodulatory effect of vitamin D on allergic diseases. The combined role of prenatal and postnatal vitamin D status in the development of food sensitization (FS) and food allergy remains understudied. METHODS: Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels of 460 children in the Boston Birth Cohort (BBC) were measured at birth and early childhood, and the subjects...
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