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Trial reportNutrients2018

Vitamin D Status and Immune Health Outcomes in a Cross-Sectional Study and a Randomized Trial of Healthy Young Children.

Neil R Brett, Paula Lavery, Sherry Agellon, Catherine A Vanstone, Susan Goruk, Catherine J Field, Hope A Weiler

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Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neil R BrettSchool of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. neil.brett@ryerson.ca.
Paula LaverySchool of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. paula.lavery@mcgill.ca.
Sherry AgellonSchool of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. sherry.agellon@mcgill.ca.
Catherine A VanstoneSchool of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. catherine.vanstone@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-5298-5823
Susan GorukDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-126a Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada. sgoruk@ualberta.ca.
Catherine J FieldDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-126a Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada. cjfield@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-7285-4767
Hope A WeilerSchool of Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada. hope.weiler@mcgill.ca.
McGill University · CAUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In young children, the relationship between vitamin D and biomarkers of immune function is not well elucidated. The objective was to investigate relationships between vitamin D and immune function in young children. Data were from a cross-sectional study (study 1) of healthy children 1.8⁻5.9 years (

Indexed as

Child Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaFood, FortifiedNutritional StatusUrban Health25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2BiomarkersCalcifediolChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImmune SystemInfantInflammation Mediators25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2BiomarkersCalcifediolInflammation MediatorsVitamin Dchildrenimmune functionvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID29861487
PMCPMC6024793
OpenAlexW2804443548

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