August 17/Evanston, Ill./Modern Medicine -- Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of food sensitization in children with certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), HealthDay News reports.
A study headed by Xin Liu, M.D., Ph.D., of Northwestern University, examined whether cord blood vitamin D deficiency (VDD) was associated with food sensitization (FS) and whether the association could be modified by genetic variants. Researchers enrolled 649 children – 44% with VDD -- at the time of their birth and followed their development thereafter.