Papers/PMID:15661475
Effect of periodic vitamin A supplementation on mortality and morbidity of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Uganda: A controlled clinical trial.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2005The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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all-trans-retinol — decreases all-cause mortality
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×10“Vitamin A supplementation decreases mortality rate in HIV-infected children and should be considered in the care for these children in developing countries.”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of periodic vitamin A supplementation on mortality and morbidity of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Uganda: A controlled clinical trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- 60 mg retinol equivalent every 3 months
- Population
- HIV-infected children in Kampala, Uganda, enrolled at 6 months and supplemented from 15 to 36 months of age; all received daily trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis
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