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Objective: To determine the effect of vitamin A supplementation on the risk of diarrhea and of acute respiratory infection. Design: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Setting: Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Subjects: Six hundred eighty-seven children, 6 to 60 months old, hospitalized with pneumonia, who received vitamin A or placebo at baseline and at 4 and 8 months after discharge from...
In HIV-1-infected women, poor micronutrient status has been associated with faster progression of HIV-1 disease and adverse birth outcomes. We assessed the effects of vitamin A and multivitamins on birth outcomes in such women. In Tanzania, 1075 HIV-1-infected pregnant women at between 12 and 27 weeks' gestation received placebo (n=267), vitamin A (n=269), multivitamins excluding vitamin A (n=269),...
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