Highlights of Report in Swedish translated by Google
- Peter Bergman and his colleagues are fortunate to 140 patients daily treatment for one year with either vitamin D (4000 IU) or placebo.
- The study was double-blind: neither the patients - all of which were susceptible to infections - or caregivers knew who belonged to which group before the trial was over.
- The results show that the vitamin D reduced patient discomfort.
- The probability that require treatment with antibiotics during the study period was 63 % lower in the vitamin D group compared with the placebo group, and the incidence of fungal infections including respiratory decreased.
Chart from 2015 publication
Note: if takes ~100 days for the vitamin D levels to plateau (thus no beneift expected until then)
Respiratory tract infection eliminated in 36 percent of people
Types of Respiratory infections
Vitamin D did particularly well with
- Moraxella catharralis
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Pseudomona aeruginosa
- Fungal infection
Adverse effects: fewer with vitamin D than with placebo
Suspect that Vitamin D caused the reduction in:
- Gastrointestinal
- Cardiovascular
- Infections
The RTI aspects
 Download the English 2012 PDF from Vitamin D Life
 Download the English 2015 PDF from Vitamin D Life
See also Vitamin D Life
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China) - March 2020
- Respiratory tract infections in childhood – vitamin D is needed, no consensus of how much – Oct 2015
- Vitamin D and Respiratory Tract Infections – meta-analysis with charts June 2013
- Vitamin D response time is 3-6 months, not much benefit in first 4 months – RCT July 2017
- Vitamin D in respiratory diseases – Spring 2017
- Respiratory infections reduced only 20 percent by Vitamin D (ignored dose size, duration, type, etc) – meta-analysis Jan 2019
- Vitamin D reduces respiratory tract infections by 40 percent– meta-analysis Dec 2012
- Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 less likely with vitamin D: Pregnancy 2000 IU, Infant 800 IU – RCT Oct 2014
- 100 % of Acute Respiratory Failure patients had low vitamin D - April 2012
- All items in Breathing and Vitamin D
382 items - Acute lower respiratory infection 5X more frequent with low vitamin D intake – June 2012
- Hypothesis: Respiratory problems will decrease with increased vitamin D – Jan 2012
- Respiratory Virus risk reduced 35 percent by Vitamin D (14,000 IU weekly) – RCT Oct 2018
- Respiratory diseases helped by vitamin D if initially have low level – RCT review Jan 2015
- Common cold incidence reduced by two thirds (500 IU for IBD with low vitamin D) – RCT Jan 2019
- Vitamin D does not reduce Infectious Disease when not enough is given – March 2015
- Inflammatory diseases: review of vitamin D, with many tables – May 2014 which has the following summary table
See also web
- Blog on this study behind a $5/month firewall at Vitamin D Council Dec 2012
- Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Hospitalised Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hangzhou, China 2013
Has a chart showing very strong relationship with season of low Vitamin D at 30 degrees North latitude in China
Note RTI in Middle East peaks in the summer, not winter, because they stay away from the hot hot sun
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