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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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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, Vincenzo De Sanctis, Rania Elalaily, Said Bedair, Islam Kassem   +4 more
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Presentation of vitamin D deficiency [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2004
To describe the various ways in which vitamin D deficiency presents in children in selected districts of London and to identify which factors, if any, determine the mode of presentation.Retrospective review of patients presenting to Newham General, Royal London, Great Ormond Street, and King's College Hospitals between 1996 and 2001 with either ...
S, Ladhani, L, Srinivasan, C, Buchanan, J, Allgrove   +3 more
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Pregnant Women's Perception Regarding Vitamin D Deficiency in Tanta University Hospital [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background:  Pregnant women have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and detrimental effects on fetal and maternal complications. Aim of the study was to assess pregnant women's perception regarding vitamin D deficiency in Tanta university hospital.
Hend Raafat Fathy abo Shahba, Aziza Tosson Labib, Amira Morsy Yousif   +2 more
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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, Jixin Chai, Liuyang Zhang, Yong Chen   +3 more
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Significant Independent Predictors of Vitamin D Deficiency in Inpatients and Outpatients of a Nephrology Unit

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2013
Aims. Kidney disease was found to be a major risk factor for vitamin D deficiency in a population study of patients hospitalized. The aims of the study were to describe the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency inpatients and outpatients in a nephrology ...
Recep Bentli, Hulya Taskapan, Halil Toktaş, Ozkan Ulutas, Adnan Ozkahraman, Melda Comert   +5 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2018
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin playing a vital role in human physiology. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide. This deficiency has many consequences which are still being explored, apart from the well-known skeletal complications. With this review, we aim to summarize the existing literature on Vitamin D status in India and understand the ...
P Aparna, S Muthathal, Baridalyne Nongkynrih, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta   +3 more
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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Hip Fracture Seen in an Orthogeriatric Service in Sunny Singapore

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2014
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in older adults in Western countries with seasonal winters, when the amount of sunlight is much reduced. There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with hip fracture in ...
Rani Ramason MBChB, MRCP, DGM, FAMS, Natesan Selvaganapathi MBBS, DA, MD, MRCP, FAMS, Noor Hafizah Binte Ismail MBBS, MRCP, FAMS, Wei Chin Wong MBBS, MRCP, FAMS, Ganesan Naidu Rajamoney MBBS, FRCS, FAMS, Mei Sian Chong MBBS, FRCP, FAMS   +5 more
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Medical Inpatients: A Retrospective Study of Implications of Untreated versus Treated Deficiency

Nutrition and Metabolic Insights, 2016
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency may further increase fracture risk in patients with decreased bone mineral density. A cross-sectional study on serum vitamin D concentrations in medical inpatients was conducted at Bassetlaw District General ...
Syed Asher Hussain Zaidi, Gurjit Singh, Olukolade Owojori, Ram Kela, Shirley Spoors, Mohamed Abbas, Florence Barton, Caroline Rogers   +7 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in northern Taiwan: a community-based cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Vitamin D deficiency has become an important public health problem, however few studies have been conducted in subtropical countries, and the predictors of vitamin D deficiency in people with healthy renal function are unclear.
Ming-Jse Lee, Heng-Jung Hsu, I-Wen Wu, Chiao-Yin Sun, Ming-Kuo Ting, Chin-Chan Lee   +5 more
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