1. Vitamin D Often credited with boosting the immune system, enough vitamin D can help keep the skin and bones healthy. It can also create new, healthy hair follicles, which are essential for hair growth. So, what can a vitamin D deficiency trigger in the body? "Vitamin D deficiency has...
e20010#Background:For the year 2019, the United States age-adjusted rate of new Multiple Myeloma (MM) cases was 6.8 per 100,000 people and the age-adjusted death rate was 3 per 100,000 people. Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) and associated complications are very common in MM patients. Aim ...
Serum 25(OH)D3 concentrations were significantly lower among TB cases (17.1 ± 5.5 nmol/L) compared to healthy controls (51.8 ± 27.3 nmol/L), and vitamin D deficiency was observed in all EPTB patients (n = 47). Patients in VD3 supplementation group had significantly higher...
Vitamin D Deficiency: An Overlooked Epidemic Vitamin D is a fat-soluble prohormone—that is, it has no hormone activity itself, but is converted to a molecule that does, through a tightly regulated synthesis mechanism. Its two major forms are vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (...
(2022). Prevalence, trend, and predictor analyses of vitamin D deficiency in the US population, 2001-2018. Frontiers in nutrition, 9, 965376. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.965376 Source: Martens, P. J., Gysemans, C., Verstuyf, A., & Mathieu, A. C. (2020). Vitamin D's ...
Question 7. What are the clinical manifestations of vitamin D deficiency? Question 8. What is the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of vitamin D? Question 9. What are the effects of vitamin D supplementation? Question 10. What are the sources of vitamin D?
Vitamin D deficiency as marker for disease activity and damage in systemic lupus erythematosus: a comparison with anti-dsDNA and anti-C1q. Lupus 2012;21:36-42.Mok CC, Birmingham DJ, Ho LY et al (2012) Vitamin D deficiency as marker for disease activity and damage in systemic lupus ...
Vitamin D is classified as an immunomodulatory hormone that is synthesized because of skin exposure to sunlight. It is known to come into play during the regulation of hormone secretion, immune functions, cell proliferation, and differentiation. Its deficiency can cause many diseases and their associa...
Overall, the mean (SD) vitamin D level was 10.8 (4.7) ng/mL. Of the 206 children, 74 (35.9%) had vitamin D deficiency, 96 (46.6%) had vitamin D insufficiency, and 36 (17.5%) had vitamin D sufficiency. Among the 74 children who had vitamin D deficiency, 8 (10.8%) were defined ...
antioxidants Review Vitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease Hyun Ah Kim 1,2,†, Andrea Perrelli 3,4,† , Alberto Ragni 5,† , Francesca Retta 5,†, T. Michael De Silva 1,2, Christopher G. Sobey 1,2,* and Saverio Francesco Retta 3,4,* 1 Department of ...