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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 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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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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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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Does vitamin D deficiency increase the severity of COVID-19?

Clinical medicine (London), 2020
The severity of coronavirus 2019 infection (COVID-19) is determined by the presence of pneumonia, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), myocarditis, microvascular thrombosis and/or cytokine storms, all of which involve underlying ...
Kenneth Weir, T. Thenappan, Maneesh BhargavaC, Yingjie ChenD   +3 more
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Vitamin D deficiency and prognostics among patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients with cancer has been previously reported. Because vitamin D is fat soluble, patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma may have an especially high risk of vitamin D deficiency in association ...
Chen, Ling, Cho, May, Ding, Kevin, Lockhart, Albert C, Peddi, Parvin F, Tan, Benjamin, Thomas, Denise, Wang, Jian, Wang-Gillam, Andrea   +8 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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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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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 Deficiency

Apollo Medicine, 2006
Vitamin D (calciferol) has been recognized for almost 100 years as being essential for bone health, but also plays a variety of roles across the body. It's deficiency is becoming an increasingly important public health issue, though the definition of deficiency itself has become controversial.
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