Vitamin A and sudden infant death syndrome in Scandinavia 1992-1995.

Alm, Bernt,1951Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik,Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Dept of Paediatrics (author)

To assess the effect of vitamin supplementation on the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).The analyses are based on data from the Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study, a case-control study in which parents of SIDS victims in the Scandinavian countries were invited to participate together with parents of four matched controls between 1 September 1992 and 31 August 1995. The odds ratios presented are computed by conditional logistic regression analysis.The crude odds ratio in Scandinavia for not giving vitamin substitution was 2.8 (95% CI (1.9, 4.3)). This effect was statistically significant in Norway and Sweden, which use A and D vitamin supplementation, but not in Denmark, where only vitamin D supplementation is given. The odds ratios remained significant in Sweden when an adjustment was made for confounding factors (OR 28.4, 95% CI (4.7, 171.3)).We found an association between increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome and infants not being given vitamin supplementation during their first year of life. This was highly significant in Sweden, and the effect is possibly connected with vitamin A deficiency. This effect persisted when an adjustment was made for potential confounders, includingsocioeconomic factors.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper Farmakologi och toxikologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine Pharmacology and Toxicology hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Pediatrik hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Pediatrics hsv//eng
Case-Control Studies
Cod Liver Oil
administration & dosage
standards
therapeutic use
Denmark
epidemiology
Dietary Supplements
standards
statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant
Newborn
Norway
epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sudden Infant Death
etiology
prevention & control
Sweden
epidemiology
Time Factors
Vitamin A
administration & dosage
standards
therapeutic use
Vitamin A Deficiency
complications
mortality
prevention & control

Wennergren, Göran,1947Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik,Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Dept of Paediatrics(Swepub:gu)xwengo (author)
Norvenius, GunnarGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik,Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Dept of Paediatrics(Swepub:gu)xnorvg (author)
Skjaerven, R (author)
Lagercrantz, HKarolinska Institutet (author)
Helweg-Larsen, K (author)
Irgens, L M (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Avdelningen för pediatrik (creator_code:org_t)

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