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Infant RSV linked to vitamin D deficiency: study
CBC News
Posted: May 9, 2011 2:32 PM ET
Last Updated: May 9, 2011 2:32 PM ET
There could be a direct link between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in babies and a vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women, according to a new medical study.
The Dutch study, published Monday on the website of the journal Pediatrics, tested vitamin D levels in blood that was collected from the umbilical cord of 156 newborns in the Netherlands.
More than half of the newborns in the study did not receive enough vitamin D in the womb, according to researchers.
The babies were then tracked for a year, and researchers found that the infants who were born with low levels of vitamin D were six times more likely to contract a respiratory infection than babies who had enough of the vitamin...
Infant RSV linked to vitamin D deficiency: study
CBC News
Posted: May 9, 2011 2:32 PM ET
Last Updated: May 9, 2011 2:32 PM ET
There could be a direct link between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in babies and a vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women, according to a new medical study.
The Dutch study, published Monday on the website of the journal Pediatrics, tested vitamin D levels in blood that was collected from the umbilical cord of 156 newborns in the Netherlands.
More than half of the newborns in the study did not receive enough vitamin D in the womb, according to researchers.
The babies were then tracked for a year, and researchers found that the infants who were born with low levels of vitamin D were six times more likely to contract a respiratory infection than babies who had enough of the vitamin...