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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
Hauptverfasser: Dhibar, Deba Prasad, Sahu, Kamal Kant, Bhadada, Sanjay Kumar
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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].
ISSN:0899-9007
1873-1244
DOI:10.1016/j.nut.2017.04.007