Vitamin D deficiency is common among HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers in Pune, India, but is not associated with mother-to-child HIV transmission

Vidya Mave, Dhananjay Shere, Nikhil Gupte, Nishi Suryavanshi, Vandana Kulkarni, Sandesh Patil, Medha Khandekar, Aarti Kinikar, Renu Bharadwaj, Ramesh Bhosale, Pradeep Sambarey, Ajay Chandanwale, Robert Bollinger, Amita Gupta

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Abstract

A recent report from Tanzania demonstrated an increased risk of being HIV infected or of dying at birth among children born to breastfeeding mothers with low baseline vitamin D levels. We conducted a nested case-control study among HIV-infected pregnant women in western India to confirm the association between maternal vitamin D levels and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency were common among HIV-infected pregnant women, but were not associated with mother to child HIV transmission at 1 year postpartum (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.66; 95% CI, 0.30-1.45; P = .30).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)278-283
Number of pages6
JournalHIV Clinical Trials
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2012

Keywords

  • HIV/AIDS
  • India
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • infant mortality
  • insufficiency
  • maternal-child health
  • perinatal infection
  • pregnancy
  • transmission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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