Determining the Role of Vitamin D in the Development of Asthma and Allergic Diseases in High Risk Families
Grant number: 1047485 | Funding period: 2013 - 2016
Completed
Abstract
Allergic diseases like asthma, eczema and hay-fever, prevent our children from getting a healthy start to life, and we don’t know how to prevent these conditions. Vitamin D levels may be critical in the development of childhood asthma and allergies, and they can be easily modified! Using a group of 620 children who we have followed for 20 years, we will identify the role of vitamin D levels in the development of allergic conditions, and factors that modify these relationships.