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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, Camilleri, Liberato, Magro, Rosalie, Saliba, Christian, Scerri, Christian   +4 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., Mohammadian, S., Vakili, M.A., Zaeri, H.   +3 more
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Association between vitamin d deficiencies in sarcoidosis with disease activity, course of disease and stages of lung involvements [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Despite negative association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and incidence of many chronic respiratory diseases, this feature was not well studied in sarcoidosis. Current study investigated the association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency
Abedini, A, Adcock, IM, Kazempour-Dizaji, M, Kiani, A, Mirenayat, MS, Mortaz, E, Taghavi, K   +6 more
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Vitamin D and immunity [PDF]

, 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, Gorman, Shelley, Hart, Prue, Lucas, Robyn   +3 more
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Circulating 250HD, dietary vitamin D, PTH, and calcium associations with incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: The MIDSPAN Family Study [PDF]

, 2012
<p>Context: Observational studies relating circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and dietary vitamin D intake to cardiovascular disease (CVD) have reported conflicting results.</p> <p>Objective: Our objective was to investigate the ...
Abu-Rmeileh, Alex McConnachie, Anagnostis, Antonia Hardcastle, Bjelakovic, Bolland, Carole Hart, Carstairs, de Borst, Devereux, Dobnig, Emma Boulton, Food Standards Agency, Forrest, Geraldine McNeil, Giovannucci, Graham Watt, Grandi, Great Britain Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy Working Group on the Nutritional Status of the Population of Great Britain Department of Health, Hart, Helen Macdonald, Information Services Division, Jassal, Jia, Knox, Knox, Logue, Macdonald, Mark Upton, Marniemi, Melamed, Michaëlsson, Michos, Naveed Sattar, Orla Doolin, Paul Welsh, Reis, Rhein, Ross, Sattar, Sattar, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Semba, Talwar, Todd, Upton, Wang Wang, Williams, Yarnell, Zittermann   +49 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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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
Adams, Akhtar, Ane-Anyangwe, Anibarro, Arnedo-Pena, Baker, C. A. Evans, C. Jongkaewwattana, Chew, Dowling, Drucker, E. S. Ramos, Ford, G. Sandhu, J. J. Lewis, J. S. Friedland, K. Zevallos, Kennel, Liu, Lonnroth, Luquero, M. A. Tovar, M. R. Baldwin, Martineau, Nagayama, Onifade, Parrinello, R. H. Gilman, R. Montoya, Rao, Rook, S. G. Schumacher, Schaaf, Stamp, T. Wingfield, ten Asbroek, Wilkinson, Yang, Yoshiyama   +38 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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Vitamin D deficiency and segregation status in prisoners [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate if any exposure to segregation minimal association in a single male prison population had any association with an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency.
Dearin, John, Doyle, Zelda, McGirr, Joe
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Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic function: the Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation (SEDS) Study [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Adults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration of less than 50 nmol/L) is also common.
Beilin, Lawrence J., Black, Lucinda J., Gies, Peter, Gorman, Shelley, Hart, Prue H., Hartley, Mica, Hoare, Samuel, King, Kerryn, King, Laura, Lithander, Fiona E., Lucas, Robyn, Marshall, Kushani, Mori, Trevor A., Neale, Rachel E., Pandeya, Nirmala, Sherriff, Jill, Slevin, Terry, Swaminathan, Ashwin, Wyatt, Candy, Xiang, Fan   +19 more
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