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SUBMITTER: Rees JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805175 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rees Judy R JR Hendricks Kristy K Barry Elizabeth L EL Peacock Janet L JL Mott Leila A LA Sandler Robert S RS Bresalier Robert S RS Goodman Michael M Bostick Roberd M RM Baron John A JA
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20130906 10
<h4>Background</h4>Randomized controlled trials testing the association between vitamin D status and upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) have given mixed results. During a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of colorectal adenoma chemoprevention, we tested whether 1000 IU/day vitamin D(3) supplementation reduced winter episodes and duration of URTI and its composite syndromes, influenza-like illness (ILI; fever and ≥2 of sore throat, cough, muscle ache, or headache) and colds (no fever ...[more]