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| Title |
Low plasma vitamin A concentration is associated with tuberculosis in Moroccan population: a preliminary case control study
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-2737-z |
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| Authors |
Mounia Qrafli, Khalid El Kari, Hassan Aguenaou, Jamal Eddine Bourkadi, Khalid Sadki, Mohammed El Mzibri |
| Abstract |
Vitamin A plays numerous roles in immune system. Its deficiency alters both the innate and adaptive immunity. Previous results reported that the micronutrients deficiency, particularly vitamin A, is observed in patients with tuberculosis. Thus, we aimed in this study to assess vitamin A concentrations in Moroccan patients with tuberculosis to set up a large efficacy study of vitamin A supplementation for TB infected patients. Plasma retinol concentration was measured by HPLC in 44 recently diagnosed TB patients and 40 healthy controls. We showed that plasma vitamin A is significantly lower in tuberculosis patients as compared to healthy controls (p < 0.0001). Moreover, no significant association was found between vitamin A deficiency and, TB severity and patients' ages. Our study confirms the association between low vitamin A levels and tuberculosis disease. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 48 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 48 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 17 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 April 2021.
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#2,358,812
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#303
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#47,080
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#9
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