Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Vegetarians at risk of tuberculosis

This study was published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology 1988;41:759-762

Study title and authors:
Vegetarian diet and cobalamin deficiency: their association with tuberculosis.
I Chanarin, E Stephenson

This study can be accessed at: http://jcp.bmj.com/content/41/7/759.abstract

This study investigated the association of vegetarianism with tuberculosis. The study included 1,187 subjects.

The study revealed that vegetarians had a 177% increased risk of contracting tuberculosis than people on a mixed diet.