Vitamin D deficiency: Time for a reality check of the epidemiology. Re. “The increasing problem of subclinical and overt hypervitaminosis D in India: An institutional experience and review.”
The authors found a global secular trend of increase in serum vitamin D levels over the years, and we appreciate their concern regarding the disturbing trend of increased hypervitaminosis D secondary to uncontrolled empiric vitamin D supplementation [1]. [...]serum vitamin D levels and vitamin D sup...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2018-01, Vol.45, p.145-145 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The authors found a global secular trend of increase in serum vitamin D levels over the years, and we appreciate their concern regarding the disturbing trend of increased hypervitaminosis D secondary to uncontrolled empiric vitamin D supplementation [1]. [...]serum vitamin D levels and vitamin D supplementation poorly correlate with serum calcium or phosphate levels, severity of rickets or osteomalacia, bone mineral density, and fracture healing [5-7]. According to recent studies, vitamin D is also important for immune modulation, cell differentiation, and deficiency is associated with hypertension, colorectal cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus, and depression [8]. |
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ISSN: | 0899-9007 1873-1244 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nut.2017.04.007 |