September 2008. Volume 4. Number 3

La suplementación con vitamina D durante la infancia puede disminuir el riesgo de diabetes tipo 1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Zipitis CS, Akonebeng AK. Vitamin D supplementation in early childhood and risk of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:512-7
Reviewers: González de Dios J1, Perdikidis Olivieri L2.
1Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
2EAP Juncal. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Javier González de Dios. Email: javier.gonzalezdedios@gmail.com
Reception date: 19/07/2008
Acceptance date: 30/07/2008
Publication date: 01/09/2008

Abstract

Authors’s conclusions: vitamina D supplementation in early childhood may offer protection against the development of type 1 diabetes.

Reviewer’s commentary: a reduction of 29 % in the risk of having type 1 diabetes in persons who had received vitamin D supplements in the first year of life compared with that of those who had not has an important health impact as observed in this systematic review of observational studies (four case control studies and one cohort study) and merits confirmation by means of experimental studies (clinical essays of sufficient quality).

How to cite this article

González de Dios J, Perdikis Olivieri. La suplementación con vitamina D durante la infancia puede disminuir el riesgo de diabetes tipo 1. Evid Pediatr. 2008;4:50.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Zipitis CS, Akonebeng AK. Vitamin D supplementation in early childhood and risk of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:512-7
Reviewers: González de Dios J1, Perdikidis Olivieri L2.
1Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
2EAP Juncal. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Javier González de Dios. Email: javier.gonzalezdedios@gmail.com
Reception date: 19/07/2008
Acceptance date: 30/07/2008
Publication date: 01/09/2008

How to cite this article

González de Dios J, Perdikis Olivieri. La suplementación con vitamina D durante la infancia puede disminuir el riesgo de diabetes tipo 1. Evid Pediatr. 2008;4:50.

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