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Vitamin D Deficiency

Apollo Medicine, 2006
Vitamin D (calciferol) has been recognized for almost 100 years as being essential for bone health, but also plays a variety of roles across the body. It's deficiency is becoming an increasingly important public health issue, though the definition of deficiency itself has become controversial.
Anju Virmani
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Vitamin D Intake and Factors Associated With Self-Reported Vitamin D Deficiency Among US Adults: A 2021 Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Vitamin D deficiency is a global issue that may be attributed to various factors such as dietary habits, sun exposure, age, race and chronic conditions.
Jeanette M. Andrade, Philip G. Grandoff, Sydney T. Schneider   +2 more
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VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2014
Spread of vitamin D deficiency in children of various ages has not been studied in the Russian Federation. Numerous studies of foreign authors indicate high importance of this issue in many regions of the world, including southern territories with high ...
E. A. Potrokhova, N. V. Sobotyuk, S. V. Bochantsev, S. A. Golochalova, E. E. Shlykova, N. G. Mazhukina   +5 more
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Prevalence of vitamin D level disorders in therapeutic patients and features of their correction

Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2023
Objective: to study the prevalence of vitamin D level disorders in therapeutic patients and the features of their correction. Materials and methods: 322 patients who applied for medical help in the field of therapy («rheumatology» and «cardiology») were ...
L. N. Eliseeva, N. Yu. Tikhomirova, O. I. Zhdamarova, S. V. Ershova   +3 more
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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Factors in Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in the general population worldwide, and the prevalence and severity of vitamin D deficiency increase in critically ill patients.
Kuo-Wei Chen, Chung-Wei Chen, Kuo-Ching Yuan, I-Ting Wang, Fang-Ming Hung, An-Yi Wang, An-Yi Wang, An-Yi Wang, Yin-Chin Wang, Yu-Ting Kuo, Yi-Che Lin, Ming-Chieh Shih, Yu-Chung Kung, Sheng-Yuan Ruan, Ching-Tang Chiu, Anne Chao, Yin-Yi Han, Li-Kuo Kuo, Li-Kuo Kuo, Yu-Chang Yeh   +19 more
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High Prevalence of Untreated and Undertreated Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2020
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with vitamin D deficiency show an increased risk of hospital admission, surgery, and loss of response to biologic therapy while high vitamin D levels are identified as a protective factor.
Viktor Domislović, Darija Vranešić Bender, Ana Barišić, Marko Brinar, Dina Ljubas Kelečić, Cecilija Rotim, Martin Novosel, Marija Matašin, Željko Krznarić   +8 more
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Vitamin D deficiency and associated factors in south Korean childbearing women: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, 2021
Background Adequate levels of vitamin D are important for women of childbearing age as vitamin D helps maintain the pregnancy and ensures proper maternal and fetal bone metabolism and fetal skeletal development.
Yanghee Pang, Oksoo Kim, Jung-Ah Choi, Heeja Jung, Jui Kim, Haeok Lee, Hyangkyu Lee   +6 more
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Vitamin D and Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

Biomolecules, 2023
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with potent immune-modulating properties. It has been shown to stimulate innate immunity and induce immune tolerance. Extensive research efforts have shown that vitamin D deficiency may be related to the development of ...
Lambros Athanassiou, Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou, Michael Koutsilieris, Yehuda Shoenfeld   +3 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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Vitamin D status and vitamin D deficiency risk factors among pregnancy of Shanghai in China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background There is increasing awareness that vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women may be associated with several adverse effects for the mother and newborn. The risks for vitamin D deficiency are unclear. This study was to assess vitamin D nutritional
Chun Yang, Wu Jing, Sheng Ge, Wenguang Sun   +3 more
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