ArticleScientific reports2018
Serum vitamin D levels and risk of prevalent tuberculosis, incident tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test conversion among prisoners.
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- Association of variant vitamin statuses and tuberculosis development: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Vitamin D and the risk of latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Vitamin D status and risk of incident tuberculosis disease: A nested case-control study, systematic review, and individual-participant data meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Potential value of vitamin D as adjunctive therapy in osteoarticular tuberculosis: a comprehensive review.Infection · 2026Review
- Managing tuberculosis infection among migrants from high-incidence tuberculosis countries: challenges, strategies and recommendations.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Review
- Metabolic Reprogramming in HIV+ CD4Metabolites · 2025Article
- Latent tuberculosis infection in family members in household contact with active tuberculosis patients in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Hypovitaminosis D among newly diagnosed pulmonary TB patients and their household contacts in Uganda.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Potential Role of Vitamin D in the Development of Tuberculosis in Chinese Han Population: One Case-Control Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors Associated with Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Pulmonary Tuberculosis among People Deprived of Liberty in Colombian Prisons.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- The escalating tuberculosis crisis in central and South American prisons.Lancet (London, England) · 2021Review
- Positive Correlation Between General Public Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding COVID-19 Outbreak 1 Month After First Cases Reported in Indonesia.Journal of community health · 2021Article
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- Vitamin D Deficiency among Patients with Tuberculosis: a Cross-Sectional Study in Iranian-Azari Population.Tanaffos · 2019Article
- Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil.PLoS medicine · 2019Observational
- The factors associated with Vitamin D deficiency in community dwelling elderly in Korea.Nutrition research and practice · 2018Article
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Abstract
Poor vitamin D status has been associated with tuberculosis (TB); whether poor status is cause or consequence of disease is uncertain. We conducted a case-control study and two nested case-control studies to determine whether vitamin D levels were associated with active TB, tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion, and risk of progression to the active TB in prisoners in Brazil. In multivariable conditional logistic regression, subnormal vitamin D levels (OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 1.04-13.64) were more likely in prisoners with active TB. In contrast, vitamin D was not found to be a risk factor for either TST conversion (OR, 2.49; 95% CI, 0.64-9.66) or progression to active disease (OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.13-2.62). Black race (OR, 11.52; 95% CI, 2.01-63.36), less than 4 years of schooling (OR, 2.70; 95% CI, 0.90-8.16), cigarette smoking (OR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.06-0.79) were identified as risk factors for TST conversion. Risk of progression to active TB was found to be associated with cigarette smoking (OR, 7.42; 95% CI, 1.23-44.70). Our findings in the prison population show that poor vitamin D status is more common in individuals with active TB, but is not a risk factor for acquisition of latent TB or progression to active TB.
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