Background: The relationship between vitamin D and asthma is still under investigation. We aimed to evaluate the association between serum vitamin D levels and clinical characteristics of asthma, and the impact of vitamin D deficiency on the clinical manifestations, as them being the issues of debate. Methods: Patients who were admitted to the outpatient clinics of Chest Diseases Department of...

background : there is no data available regarding vitamin d status among patients with hip fractures in iran. this study aimed to determine whether postmenopausal women with low trauma hip fractures have lower vitamin d levels comparing to the control group.   materials and methods: vitamin d (25-ohd) level and the prevalence of hypovitaminosis d among 73 postmenopausal women with fracture of t...

background: metabolic syndrome (ms) is an important risk factor that is associated with vitamin d deficiency, according to recent studies. this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d level and risk of metabolic syndrome in children in birjand. materials and methods: a case-control study on 6 to 18 years old metabolic syndrome patients, this investigation was ...

  Background : There is no data available regarding vitamin D status among patients with hip fractures in Iran. This study aimed to determine whether postmenopausal women with low trauma hip fractures have lower vitamin D levels comparing to the control group.   Materials and Methods: Vitamin D (25-OHD) level and the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D among 73 postmenopausal women wit...

background and objectives: vitamin d deficiency/insufficiency is a global health problem. the importance of this problem is doubled in growing children because of their increased need for skeletal growth. this investigation was performed firstly to assess vitamin d status, and secondly to examine its possible relationship with sex, residing area and duration of sun exposure in 9-12 years old ch...

According to studies, a significant association exists between the low levels of vitamin D and cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI). In a prospective, case control study, 88 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) including ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and Non-STEMI were enrolled. The plasma level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D[25(OH)D] was obtained at the time ...

background: exposure to sunlight is the main source of vitamin d production. this study was performed to assess the status of serum vitamin d across the different seasons in geographic region of babol, with latitude of 36 in northern iran. methods: the study – female participants were 15 years old and above selected prospectively according to the inclusion criteria who attended an outpatient cl...

background: vitamin d (vit d) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. however, it is not clear whether correction of vit d deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. methods: this study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit d deficiency wer...

non:union: is common complication of fracture management. various factors are involved in its occurring. metabolic and endocrine factors are often overlooked. so that aim of study was to evaluate the level of vitamin d and pth in patients with unexplained non:union: and fractures due to low energy trauma. in the case control study, 30 patients with tibial non:union: compared with 32 patients wi...