Vitamin D supplementation in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency : the effect on disease activity, fatigue and interferon signature gene expression [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [1]. Evidence from multiple studies has shown that vitamin D deficiency in SLE is associated with a higher disease activity [2].
Borg, Andrew +4 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 +7 more
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The Metabolic Syndrome among Postmenopausal Women in Gorgan [PDF]
, 2012 In this study, we aimed to assess levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in relation to metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women in Gorgan. The study group included 100 postmenopausal women who were referred to the different Health Centers in Gorgan ...
Marjani, A., Moghasemi, S.
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Adiposity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Vitamin D Status: The Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Because vitamin D deficiency is associated with a variety of chronic diseases, understanding the characteristics that promote vitamin D deficiency in otherwise healthy adults could have important clinical implications.
Booth, Sarah L. +13 more
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, 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 +3 more
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The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS: Tuberculosis symptom-onset and diagnosis dates
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Preoperative vitamin D level is significantly associated with hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Background To evaluate the association of preoperative vitamin D levels with postoperative hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy. Methods The medical records of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy between May 2020 and January 2022 and who had a ...
Yantao Qi +3 more
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Haemoglobin level in relation to vitamin D status in infants and toddlers [PDF]
Praxis Medica, 2016 Introduction: Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) is defined as the level of 25(OH)D in the serum < 30 ng/ml. According to the contemporary research, even the slight vitamin D deficiency can adversely affect our body in many ways.
Mitić Jadranka +3 more
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Effect of vitamin D3 supplement in glycemic control of pediatrics with type 1 diabetes mellitus and vitamin D deficiency [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Glycemic control prevents microvascular complications in patients with type I diabetes mellitus such as retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy that influences quality of life.
Fatahi, N. +3 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014 The prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in adolescents is variable but considerably high in many countries, especially in Middle-east and Southeast Asia. Different factors attribute to this deficiency including lack of sunlight exposure due to cultural dress codes and veiling or due to pigmented skin, and less time spent outdoors, because ...
Ashraf T Soliman +4 more
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