Current vitamin D status in European and Middle East countries and strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency: a position statement of the European Calcified Tissue …

P Lips, KD Cashman, C Lamberg-Allardt… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D)< 50 nmol/L or 20 ng/mL) is
common in Europe and the Middle East. It occurs in< 20% of the population in Northern …

Worldwide vitamin D status

N van Schoor, R de Jongh, P Lips - Feldman and Pike's Vitamin D, 2024 - Elsevier
Vitamin D status and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency have been
addressed in many studies covering all continents. Vitamin D deficiency, defined as a serum …

The role of vitamin D in the age of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Ghasemian, A Shamshirian, K Heydari… - … journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence recommends that vitamin D might be a crucial supportive agent for
the immune system, mainly in cytokine response regulation against COVID‐19. Hence, we …

'Scientific Strabismus' or two related pandemics: coronavirus disease and vitamin D deficiency

M Kara, T Ekiz, V Ricci, Ö Kara, KV Chang… - British Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The WHO has announced the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak to be a
global pandemic. The distribution of community outbreaks shows seasonal patterns along …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrihealth study: seasonal variation in vitamin D status among the Slovenian adult and elderly population

M Hribar, H Hristov, M Gregorič, U Blaznik, K Zaletel… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Several studies conducted around the world showed substantial vitamin D insufficiency and
deficiency among different population groups. Sources of vitamin D in the human body …

Nationality, gender, age, and body mass index influences on vitamin D concentration among elderly patients and young Iraqi and Jordanian in Jordan

H Al-Horani, W Abu Dayyih, E Mallah… - Biochemistry …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin D is necessary for maintaining and regulating calcium levels; thus, insufficiency of
vitamin D increases the risk of many chronic diseases. This study aimed to examine vitamin …

Vitamin D status and seasonal changes in plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in office workers in Ankara, Turkey

N Cinar, A Harmanci, BO Yildiz, M Bayraktar - European journal of internal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Lack of sun exposure is one of the primary causes of epidemic vitamin D
deficiency worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate vitamin D status and seasonal …

Vitamin D serum level, disease activity and functional ability in different rheumatic patients

S Grazio, F Grubišić, HS Kavanagh, ĐB Naglić… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The aim of the study was to determine the serum vitamin D levels in patients
with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and compare it with patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D Status and Associated Factors of Older Adults in the Cross-Sectional 2015–2017 Survey

Y Hu, R Wang, D Mao, J Chen, M Li, W Li, X Yang… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D is beneficial for maintaining good health; however, there is a lack of nationally
representative data reported, particularly in older adults. To better understand the nutritional …

Vitamin D supplementation and survival in metastatic colorectal cancer

Z Antunac Golubić, I Baršić, N Librenjak… - Nutrition and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Some studies have demonstrated that higher baseline plasma levels of 25-
hydroxivitamin D [25 (OH) D] are associated with a significant reduction in colorectal cancer …