Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression

Abstract

To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. Most (79%) persons showed deficiency. Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased risk for progression to tuberculosis.

Keywords

• Vitamin D
• tuberculosis
• household contacts
• bacteria
• Pakistan
• dispatch