Background: Vitamin D is one of the known lipoprotein hormones with metabolic properties. We aimed to determine the serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentration in overweight/obese subjects with diabetes mellitus type Ⅱ (DM Ⅱ) in association with systolic and diastolic blood pressure and quality of life compared with healthy participants. Methods: The current case-control study was carried out amo...

Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is a common disorder worldwide and is indicated by low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Recent studies have suggested an association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency with diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and type 2 diabetes in South Indian patients. Materials and Methods...

objective: epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder requiring long term therapy using antiepileptic medications. reports have incriminated long term antiepileptic drugs use in deficiency of vitamin d and bone diseases in all age groups. to investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels and pediatric epilepsy in indian patients.           methods& methods: we prospective...

There is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency worldwide, but how to define vitamin D deficiency is controversial. Currently, the plasma concentration of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] is considered an indicator of vitamin D status. The free hormone hypothesis states that protein-bound hormones are inactive while unbound hormones are free to exert biological activity. The majority of c...

BACKGROUND The modest clothing that Orthodox Jewish women wear exposes very little of their skin to sunlight. Under these conditions they may develop vitamin D deficiency, even in sunny Israel. OBJECTIVES To determine and compare the vitamin D nutritional status in Jewish orthodox mothers to that of non-orthodox mothers who live in the same metropolitan area in Israel. METHODS 25-Hydroxyvit...

We examined the association of vitamin D deficiency to risk of cesarean delivery using prospective data in a cohort of 1153 low income and minority gravidae. Circulating maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D and intact parathyroid hormone were measured at entry to care 13.73 ± 5.6 weeks (mean ± SD). Intake of vitamin D and calcium was assessed at three time points during pregnancy. Using recent Institut...

objective: vitamin d deficiency is a common disorder worldwide and is indicated by low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels. recent studies have suggested an association of 25-hydroxyvitamin d deficiency with diabetes mellitus. the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin d concentration and type 2 diabetes in south indian patients. materials and methods:...

introduction: vitamin d deficiency is still a common serious health problem among women of reproductive age and their infants in developing countries at the outset of the third millennium. information on vitamin d status of urban lactating women in islam abad gharb is not available, but it seems that, as in other physiologic groups in other areas of iran, vitamin d deficiency may be common ther...