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Hypovitaminosis D in Medical Inpatients
New England Journal of Medicine, 1998Vitamin D deficiency is a major risk factor for bone loss and fracture. Although hypovitaminosis D has been detected frequently in elderly and housebound people, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients hospitalized on a general medical service is unknown.We assessed vitamin D intake, ultraviolet-light exposure, and risk factors for ...
A C, Looker, E W, Gunter
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Hypovitaminosis D-induced Pain
Nutrition Reviews, 2004Vitamin D deficiency is a problem of considerable magnitude that has reemerged as a major public health issue in the United States and several other developed countries. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in calcium homeostasis in the body. Hypovitaminosis D leads to osteomalacia and increased risk of fractures, especially in the elderly.
Ranjan, Mascarenhas, Sohrab, Mobarhan
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Outdoor exercise reduces the risk of hypovitaminosis D in the obese
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2007 Obesity is associated with lower levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). Obese individuals might need higher doses of vitamin D supplementation than the general population.
Hermes Florez, Silvina Levis
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Hypovitaminosis D in Healthy Schoolchildren
Pediatrics, 2001Background. Vitamin D is essential for skeletal growth, but there are currently no guidelines for vitamin D supplementation after infancy. This study investigates vitamin D insufficiency in healthy children. Methods.
G, El-Hajj Fuleihan +6 more
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Nutrients, 2016 Hypovitaminosis D and stress are common problems among the elderly. The aim of this cross-sectional nationally representative study was to evaluate the association between hypovitaminosis D and stress perception using large-scale nationally ...
Yun Kim, Youngin Lee, Young Jin Tak
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Hypovitaminosis D in Older Adults
Gerontology, 2003Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly recognised as a common problem among older adults. In addition to the well-known role of vitamin D in calcium homeostasis and the maintenance of bone health, recent research has started to characterise the importance of vitamin D in neuromuscular function and the way this may relate to functional performance and ...
Theresa J, Allain, Jugdeep, Dhesi
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Hypovitaminosis D in a Sunny Country
New England Journal of Medicine, 1999To the Editor: Some normal subjects and a substantial proportion of patients with various illnesses in the United States and northern Europe have vitamin D insufficiency,1–4 but information from co...
Deeb, Mary, Fuleihan, Ghada El-Hajj
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Clinical Medicine Insights Women's Health, 2017 Background: A high hypovitaminosis D prevalence has repeatedly been reported in Middle Eastern countries. Previous data regarding the vitamin D status of young women in Saudi Arabia and the related hypovitaminosis D risk factors are scarce, so this ...
Riyadh A Alzaheb, Osama Al-Amer
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Hypovitaminosis D and Morbid Obesity
Nursing Clinics of North America, 2007There is scarce and flawed data regarding vitamin D status in morbidly obese patients. More often than not, vitamin D deficits have been linked with bariatric surgery, not considering that the deficit may well precede surgery. Moreover, several pathophysiologic mechanism might explain, in part, vitamin D deficits.
Juan, Ybarra +2 more
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Shedding Light on Hypovitaminosis D and Rickets
Advances in Pediatrics, 2007The recent resurgence of the ancient disease of vitamin D deficiency rickets and the widespread presence of hypovitaminosis D across the age spectrum pose significant challenges for today's clinicians. Furthermore, new research into previously unsuspected actions of vitamin D in multiple cell systems offer the possibility that vitamin D will play an ...
Pallavi, Iyer, Frank B, Diamond
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