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Prospective cohort study of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy: Prevalence and limited effectiveness of 1000 IU vitamin D supplementation

Women's Health
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent worldwide among pregnant women. Although vitamin D supplementation is effective in improving vitamin D status, the safety and optimal dosing of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy remain less ...
Rasha Mohammed Abdelmageed, Suha Majeed Mohammed Hussein, Shamil Mohamed Anamangadan, Rola Walid Mahmoud Abdullah, Lubna Rauf, AlAnoud Saleh AlFehaidi, Ehab Hamed   +6 more
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Premature Infants and Its Effects on Neonatal Prognosis

Journal of Pediatric Research, 2018
Aim: In the present study, the relationship between neonatal morbidity and cord vitamin D levels is investigated. Materials and Methods: Premature infants who were born before 32 weeks of gestation and admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit ...
Demet Terek, Gizem Özcan, Fırat Ergin, Özge Altun Köroğlu, Mehmet Yalaz, Mete Akisu, Nilgün Kültürsay   +6 more
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Very Low Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Are Not Associated With Immunologic Changes or Clinical Outcome in South African Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immune responses and increased susceptibility to a number of intracellular pathogens in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is not known whether such an association
A. Loyse, Brouwer, C. H. Roberts, Campbell, G. Meintjes, Gutierrez, Hewison, Holick, J. N. Jarvis, J. R. Perfect, Jarvis, Jarvis, Jarvis, Khoo, Kreindler, L. Hogan, Liu, Martineau, N. P. Govender, Park, Rockett, S. Shoham, Selvaraj, Siddiqui, T. Bicanic, T. S. Harrison   +25 more
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Vitamin D Deficiency. The place of calcifediol in the treatment of vitamin D deficiency - literature review

Quality in Sport
Introduction: Vitamin D plays a very important role in the human body. It affects bone health, immune system function, and is responsible for overall well-being. Vitamin D deficiency is a common worldwide.
julita gmitrzuk, Zuzanna Malinka, Katarzyna Wiśniewska, Anna Jachymek, Martyna Opatowska, Joanna Jakubiec, Tomasz Kucharski, Marta Piotrowska   +7 more
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Vitamin D Deficiency: Effects on Oxidative Stress, Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, and Aging

Biology, 2019
Recent advances in vitamin D research indicate that this vitamin, a secosteroid hormone, has beneficial effects on several body systems other than the musculoskeletal system.
S. Wimalawansa
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Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for infection, sepsis and mortality in the critically ill: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: In Europe, vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent varying between 40% and 60% in the healthy general adult population. The consequences of vitamin D deficiency for sepsis and outcome in critically ill patients remain controversial.
de Haan, K. (Kim), Egal, M. (Mohamud), Geus, H.R.H. (Hilde) de, Groeneveld, A.B.J. (Johan), Struijs, A. (Ard)   +4 more
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The association of vitamin D deficiency and glucose control among diabetic patients

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2017
Objective: To evaluate the association between the level of vitamin D and glycemic control among patients with diabetes. Research design and method: We analyzed data collected from NHANES 2003–2006. We included only non-pregnant adult diabetic persons 18 
Mansour S Almetwazi, Ahmad O Noor, Diena M Almasri, Ioana Popovici, Tariq Alhawassi, Khalid A Alburikan, Catherine A Harrington   +6 more
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Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: an updated meta-analysis

BMC Neurology, 2019
BackgroundWe aimed to comprehensively explore the associations between serum 25(OH)D deficiency and risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease(AD).MethodsWe systematically searched Pubmed, the Cochrane Library, Embase and the reference lists of pertinent ...
Bingyan Chai, Fulin Gao, Ruipeng Wu, T. Dong, Cheng Gu, Qiaoran Lin, Yi Zhang   +6 more
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Vitamin D Status in Lean and Obese Mexican American Children [PDF]

, 2012
Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem amongst adolescents and adults, particularly in minority populations due to high skin melanin content. Melanin blocks the absorption of UVB photons, which limits natural vitamin D accumulation, requiring more ...
Agha, Nadia H, Breslin, Whitney L, McFarlin, Brian K   +2 more
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Special considerations for vitamin D in the South Asian population in the UK [PDF]

, 2017
The human requirement for vitamin D is achieved primarily through the synthesis of this pre-hormone in the skin during exposure to UVB radiation, with only a minor contribution from the diet year-round.
Bhojani, Issak, Lowe, Nicola M
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