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Perspective: Vitamin D deficiency and COVID‐19 severity – plausibly linked by latitude, ethnicity, impacts on cytokines, ACE2 and thrombosis

Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020
SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus infection ranges from asymptomatic through to fatal COVID‐19 characterized by a ‘cytokine storm’ and lung failure. Vitamin D deficiency has been postulated as a determinant of severity.
J. Rhodes, S. Subramanian, E. Laird, G. Griffin, R. Kenny   +4 more
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Vitamin D Sources, Metabolism, and Deficiency: Available Compounds and Guidelines for Its Treatment

Metabolites, 2021
Studies on vitamin/hormone D deficiency have received a vast amount of attention in recent years, particularly concerning recommendations, guidelines, and treatments.
L. Dominguez, M. Farruggia, N. Veronese, M. Barbagallo   +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 contributes directly to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [PDF]

, 2015
Rationale: Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated as a pathogenic factor in sepsis and intensive therapy unit mortality but has not been assessed as a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Causality of these associations has never
A. M. Turner, A. R. Martineau, Amrein, B. Naidu, Bernard, C. R. Bassford, Calfee, Cannell, Chishimba, Craig, D. G. Bartis, D. M. Sansom, D. Parekh, D. Park, D. R. Thickett, E. Sapey, Edelson, Eisner, F. Gao, Flynn, Froicu, G. D. Perkins, Grant, Hewison, Holick, K. B. Christopher, Kempker, Lax, Leow, M. S. Cooper, Mohamed, Nathani, O'Kane, P. M. Stewart, Parekh, Parekh, Parekh, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, R. C. A. Dancer, R. Mahida, Remmelts, S. Lax, S. Zheng, Takano, Thomas, V. D'Souza, van Schoor, W. D. Fraser, W. Wei, Ware   +51 more
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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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Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016
Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been described as being pandemic, but serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] distribution data for the European Union are of very variable quality.
K. Cashman, K. Dowling, Zuzana Škrabáková, M. González-Gross, J. Valtueña, S. de Henauw, L. Moreno, C. T. Damsgaard, K. Michaelsen, C. Mølgaard, R. Jorde, G. Grimnes, G. Moschonis, C. Mavrogianni, Y. Manios, M. Thamm, Gert B. M. Mensink, M. Rabenberg, M. Busch, L. Cox, Sarah R Meadows, G. Goldberg, A. Prentice, J. Dekker, G. Nijpels, S. Pilz, K. Swart, N. V. van Schoor, P. Lips, G. Eiriksdottir, V. Gudnason, M. Cotch, S. Koskinen, C. Lamberg-Allardt, R. Durazo-Arvizu, C. Sempos, M. Kiely   +36 more
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Vitamin D deficiency as a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2020
Hypovitaminosis D is a highly spread condition correlated with increased risk of respiratory tract infections. Nowadays, the world is in the grip of the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID 19) pandemic.
G. E. Carpagnano, V. D. Lecce, V. Quaranta, A. Zito, E. Buonamico, E. Capozza, A. Palumbo, G. D. Gioia, V. Valerio, O. Resta   +9 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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The frequency of vitamin D deficiency in chronic kidney disease and its relation with baseline mineral bone markers

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2020
Objective: To assess the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in chronic kidney disease and its association with baseline mineral bone markers in patients visiting nephrology clinics.
Shoukat Memon, Ashar Alam, Sundus Iftikhar   +2 more
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Deletion of vitamin D receptor leads to premature emphysema/COPD by increased matrix metalloproteinases and lymphoid aggregates formation [PDF]

, 2011
Deficiency of vitamin D is associated with accelerated decline in lung function. Vitamin D is a ligand for nuclear hormone vitamin D receptor (VDR), and upon binding it modulates various cellular functions.
Hwang, Jae-woong, Rahman, Irfan, Sun, Jun, Sundar, Isaac K, Wu, Shaoping   +4 more
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