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Analysis of vitamin D level among asymptomatic and critically ill COVID-19 patients and its correlation with inflammatory markers

Scientific Reports, 2020
COVID-19 is characterized by marked variability in clinical severity. Vitamin D had recently been reviewed as one of the factors that may affect the severity in COVID-19.
A. Jain, R. Chaurasia, N. S. Sengar, Mayank Singh, Sachin Mahor, Sumit Narain   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Vaccination rates modulate the correlation between country latitude and covid-19 surge date arising this autumn 2021 [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
A clear linear correlation of covid-19 surge date with country latitude was observed last autumn 2020, but not with temperature, nor with humidity, pointing the seasonal vitamin D status decline as a contributor factor. Well vaccinated European countries are this autumn 2021 repeating explosive surges.
arxiv  

Vitamin D deficiency as a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2020
Hypovitaminosis D is a highly spread condition correlated with increased risk of respiratory tract infections. Nowadays, the world is in the grip of the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID 19) pandemic.
G. E. Carpagnano, V. D. Lecce, V. Quaranta, A. Zito, E. Buonamico, E. Capozza, A. Palumbo, G. D. Gioia, V. Valerio, O. Resta   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

DO IT Trial: vitamin D Outcomes and Interventions in Toddlers - a TARGet Kids! randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundVitamin D levels are alarmingly low (<75 nmol/L) in 65-70% of North American children older than 1 year. An increased risk of viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), asthma-related hospitalizations and use of anti-inflammatory ...
Birken, Catherine S, Borkhoff, Cornelia M, Hoch, Jeffrey S, Loeb, Mark B, Macarthur, Colin, Maguire, Jonathon L, Mamdani, Muhammad, Mazzulli, Tony, Parkin, Patricia C, TARGet Kids! Collaboration, Thorpe, Kevin   +10 more
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

British medical journal, 2017
Objectives To assess the overall effect of vitamin D supplementation on risk of acute respiratory tract infection, and to identify factors modifying this effect.
A. Martineau, David A. Jolliffe, R. Hooper, L. Greenberg, J. Aloia, P. Bergman, G. Dubnov-Raz, S. Esposito, D. Ganmaa, A. Ginde, E. Goodall, C. Grant, C. Griffiths, W. Janssens, I. Laaksi, S. Manaseki-Holland, D. Mauger, D. Murdoch, R. Neale, J. Rees, S. Simpson, I. Stelmach, G. Kumar, M. Urashima, C. Camargo   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vitamin D sufficiency, a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at least 30 ng/mL reduced risk for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 infection

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background To investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and its effect on adverse clinical outcomes, and parameters of immune function and mortality due to a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Z. Maghbooli, M. Sahraian, M. Ebrahimi, M. Pazoki, Samira Kafan, H. Tabriz, A. Hadadi, M. Montazeri, M. Nasiri, A. Shirvani, M. Holick   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of Volatile Aroma Components in Different Parts of Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinus edodes) Treated with Ultraviolet C Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectroscopy

Molecules
Further assessment of ultraviolet C light-emitting diode (UVC-LED) irradiation for influencing shiitake mushrooms’ (Lentinus edodes) volatile and sensory properties is needed.
Daihua Hu, Yulin Wang, Fanshu Kong, Danni Wang, Chingyuan Hu, Xu Yang, Xiaohua Chen, Wang Chen, Zili Feng   +8 more
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Man of Steel Syndrome: Silicone and Mineral Oil Injections With Associated Hypercalcemia, Hypophosphatemia, and Proximal Muscle Weakness

JBMR Plus, 2019
Silicone/mineral oil‐induced granulomas have been described as an inflammatory granulomatous response when silicone/mineral oil is injected for cosmetic purposes. These sclerosing granulomas can lead to hypercalcemia.
Arash Shirvani, Nadine E Palermo, Michael F Holick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study: Baseline Data from a Prospective Observational African Sub-Saharan Study

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2017
The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study is a prospective observational study investigating bone and muscle ageing in men and women from a poor, subsistence farming community of The Gambia, West Africa.
Ayse Zengin, Ayse Zengin, Anthony J. Fulford, Yankuba Sawo, Landing M. Jarjou, Inez Schoenmakers, Inez Schoenmakers, Gail Goldberg, Gail Goldberg, Ann Prentice, Ann Prentice, Kate A. Ward, Kate A. Ward   +12 more
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