Vitamin D status, nutrition and growth in HIV-infected mothers and HIV-exposed infants and children in Botswana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor vitamin D status is a global health problem and common in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in high-income countries. There is less evidence on prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and nutrition and growth in HIV-infected and -exposed children in low- and middle-income countries.

Objectives

To determine the vitamin D status in Batswana HIV-infected mothers and their children, differences among HIV-infected mothers and between HIV-exposed and -infected infants and children, and associations between vitamin D and disease-related outcomes, nutrition, and growth.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of HIV+ mothers and HIV-exposed infants and unrelated children (1-7.9 years). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured, among other nu

SUBMITTER: Tindall AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7425960 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature