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Vitamin A deficiency in critically ill children with sepsis

Critical Care, 2019
Background Data that indicate vitamin A status in critically ill children with sepsis are sparse. The association between serum vitamin A levels and the clinical outcomes of sepsis has not been well assessed.
Xuepeng Zhang, Kaiying Yang, Linwen Chen, Xuelian Liao, Liping Deng, Siyuan Chen, Yi Ji   +6 more
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Association between vitamin d deficiencies in sarcoidosis with disease activity, course of disease and stages of lung involvements [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Despite negative association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and incidence of many chronic respiratory diseases, this feature was not well studied in sarcoidosis. Current study investigated the association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency
Abedini, A, Adcock, IM, Kazempour-Dizaji, M, Kiani, A, Mirenayat, MS, Mortaz, E, Taghavi, K   +6 more
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Association between infection and nutritional status among infants in a cohort study of vitamin A in western Kenya

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundInfection is associated with impaired nutritional status, especially for infants younger than 5 years.ObjectivesWe assessed the impact of infection indicated by both acute phase proteins (APP), C-reactive protein (CRP), and α-1-acid ...
Frederick K. Grant, Rose Wanjala, Jan Low, Carol Levin, Donald C. Cole, Haile S. Okuku, Robert Ackatia-Armah, Amy W. Girard   +7 more
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Vitamin D and immunity [PDF]

, 2014
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of a wide range of adverse health outcomes. The active form of vitamin D has an important role in calcium metabolism and in bone mineralisation, but the evidence for other health outcomes is mixed,
Geldenhuys, Sian, Gorman, Shelley, Hart, Prue, Lucas, Robyn   +3 more
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Vitamin D and Disease Severity in Multiple Sclerosis-Baseline Data From the Randomized Controlled Trial (EVIDIMS) [PDF]

, 2020
Objective: To investigate the associations between hypovitaminosis D and disease activity in a cohort of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients.
Bellmann-Strobl, Judith, Brandt, Alexander Ulrich, Bäcker-Koduah, Priscilla, Dörr, Jan, Paul, Friedemann, Scheel, Michael, Wernecke, Klaus-Dieter, Wuerfel, Jens   +7 more
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Association Between Vitamin Deficiencies and Ophthalmological Conditions

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2023
Austin Pereira,1 R Damilola Adekunle,2,* Michele Zaman,3,* Michael J Wan1 1University of Toronto Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.
Pereira A, Adekunle RD, Zaman M, Wan MJ
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Reducing vitamin A deficiency [PDF]

BMJ, 1997
The World Health Organisation considers vitamin A deficiency to be a public health problem in over 60 countries, putting at risk the lives and eyesight of an estimated 250 million preschool children.1 It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality2 and the single most important cause of blindness in children in developing countries,3 and it is entirely
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Secular Trends in the Prevalence of and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Common Micronutrient Deficiencies in China From 1990 to 2019: An Age-Period-Cohort Study and Joinpoint Analysis

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundUnderstanding the national burdens and trends of micronutrient deficiencies can help guide effective intervention strategies. However, there is a lack of evidence of secular trends and age and sex differences in China.
Haiying Chen, Jinxin Lu, Yongze Li
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Circulating 250HD, dietary vitamin D, PTH, and calcium associations with incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: The MIDSPAN Family Study [PDF]

, 2012
<p>Context: Observational studies relating circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and dietary vitamin D intake to cardiovascular disease (CVD) have reported conflicting results.</p> <p>Objective: Our objective was to investigate the ...
Abu-Rmeileh, Alex McConnachie, Anagnostis, Antonia Hardcastle, Bjelakovic, Bolland, Carole Hart, Carstairs, de Borst, Devereux, Dobnig, Emma Boulton, Food Standards Agency, Forrest, Geraldine McNeil, Giovannucci, Graham Watt, Grandi, Great Britain Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy Working Group on the Nutritional Status of the Population of Great Britain Department of Health, Hart, Helen Macdonald, Information Services Division, Jassal, Jia, Knox, Knox, Logue, Macdonald, Mark Upton, Marniemi, Melamed, Michaëlsson, Michos, Naveed Sattar, Orla Doolin, Paul Welsh, Reis, Rhein, Ross, Sattar, Sattar, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Semba, Talwar, Todd, Upton, Wang Wang, Williams, Yarnell, Zittermann   +49 more
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with IL-6 levels and monocyte activation in HIV-infected persons [PDF]

, 2017
Immune activation plays a key role in HIV pathogenesis. Markers of inflammation have been associated with vitamin D deficiency in the general population.
Baker, Jason V, Brooks, John T, Gibson, David, Hammer, John, Hullsiek, Katherine Huppler, Kojic, Erna, Manion, Maura, Patel, Pragna, Rhame, Frank, Sereti, Irini, Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV/AIDS in the Era of Effective Antiretroviral Therapy (the `SUN Study\u27) Investigators,, Wilson, Eleanor M. P.   +11 more
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