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Vitamin D and Health

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Abbreviations used in studies<br />

25(OH)D<br />

ACE inhibitor<br />

AFB<br />

ALP<br />

ARI<br />

BMC<br />

BMD<br />

BP<br />

Ca<br />

CC<br />

CI<br />

DBP<br />

HR<br />

IQR<br />

IRR<br />

LTBI<br />

MD<br />

NCC<br />

OR<br />

P<br />

PTH<br />

RaR<br />

RCT<br />

RITD<br />

RR<br />

RTI<br />

SBP<br />

SD<br />

SMD<br />

SPPB<br />

TB<br />

TBIC<br />

URI<br />

URTI<br />

VDDR<br />

25-hydroxyvitamin D<br />

Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor<br />

Acid-fast bacilli<br />

Alkaline phosphatase<br />

Acute respiratory infection<br />

Bone mineral content<br />

Bone mineral density<br />

Blood pressure<br />

Calcium<br />

Case-control study<br />

Confidence interval<br />

Diastolic blood pressure<br />

Hazard ratio<br />

Inter-quartile range<br />

Incident rate ratio<br />

Latent tuberculosis infection<br />

Mean difference<br />

Nested case control study<br />

Odds ratio<br />

Phophorus<br />

Parathyroid hormone<br />

Rate ratio<br />

R<strong>and</strong>omised controlled trial<br />

Rapid influenza diagnostic test<br />

Relative risk<br />

Respiratory tract infection<br />

Systolic blood pressure<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard deviation<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ardised mean difference<br />

Short physical performance battery<br />

Tuberculosis<br />

Tuberculosis infection conversion<br />

Upper respiratory infection<br />

Upper respiratory tract infection<br />

<strong>Vitamin</strong> D deficiency rickets<br />

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