This systematic review to support the 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for vitamin D deficiency summarizes
2. Reduced risk of heart disease,hypertensionand all-cause mortality.Researchpublished in Scientific Reports in 2020 suggests that, for people who have vitamin D deficiency, taking supplements of the vitamin "had a favorable effect on diastolic blood pressure levels and parathyroid hormone concentrations...
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH)D], which includes both 25 (OH)D2 and 25 (OH)D3, is the main form of vitamin D in the bloodstream and is used as an indicator to assess vitamin D levels [5]. Vitamin D deficiency is widespread, and the use of vitamin D supplements has become ...
BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:681 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09367-0 BMC Infectious Diseases RESEARCH Open Access Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on response to anti-tuberculosis therapy in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis Rasha ...
Vitamin D deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(3):266-281.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 36. Moyer VA; US Preventive Services Task Force. Vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures in adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(...
Question 6. What causes vitamin D deficiency? 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?
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent and new research suggests that it may have an impact on mood, primarily through an effect on neurotransmitters. Numerous observational studies suggest a relationship between low levels of vitamin D and increased incidence and severity of mood disorders. A small ...
Vitamin D has important roles in calcium metabolism and in the prevention of rickets and osteomalacia; low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are common in the general population and amongst pregnant women. Whilst there is a wealth of observational evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to a wide range...
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Patients with vitamin D deficiency showed longer disease duration (13.1 +/- 6.8 versus 9.4 +/- 5.5 years, P = 0.026), lower diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (63.7 +/- 12.4 versus 76.4 +/- 20.2, P = 0.014), higher estimated pulmonary artery pressure (28.9 +/- 9.9 versus ...