conclusions therapeutic dose of vitamin d can improve vitamin d status and glycemic indicators. but it seems that an 8-week intervention period was not sufficient to reveal the possible effects of vitamin d on serum adiponectin levels. results after 8-week intervention, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d significantly increased and reached the normal levels in patients receiving vitamin d (p < 0.001) an...

pemphigus vulgaris (pv) is an autoimmune blistering disorder of the skin or mucosa. since low vitamin d status has been linked to many immune disorders, we designed this study to compare the vitamin d status in pv patients with healthy controls.in this case-control study, vitamin d status of 32 newly diagnosed pv patients was compared with 36 healthy control subjects. all patients were selected...

In this study, the aim was to determine whether adding vitamin D to the standard therapeutic regimen of schizophrenic male patients with inadequate vitamin D status could improve some aspects of the symptom burden or not. This study was an open parallel label randomized clinical trial. Eighty patients with chronic stable schizophrenia with residual symptoms and Vitamin D deficiency were recruit...

(1) BACKGROUND: studies with able-bodied athletes showed that performance might possibly be influenced by vitamin D status. Vitamin D seems to have a direct impact on neuromuscular function by docking on vitamin D receptors in the muscle tissue. Additionally, a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was shown not only in infants and in the elderly but also in healthy adults and spinal cord inj...

In this study, the aim was to determine whether adding vitamin D to the standard therapeutic regimen of schizophrenic male patients with inadequate vitamin D status could improve some aspects of the symptom burden or not. This study was an open parallel label randomized clinical trial. Eighty patients with chronic stable schizophrenia with residual symptoms and Vitamin D deficiency were recruit...

background: the goal of the current study was to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (ses) and knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of iranian households toward use of iron and vitamin a&d; supplements in infants and pregnant women. method: overall, 14,136 iranian households from urban and rural areas of 31 provinces were considered as the study population. a multi-stage ...

Background and Objectives: Evidence indicate relationships between the sunlight exposure, vitamin D status and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) risk. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been linked to metabolic changes in insulin resistance and various cancers. The purpose of this study is to investigate relationships between the sunlight exposure and the NMSC risk. Furthermore, relation...

background: in recent years, epidemiologic and laboratory studies have implied that vitamin d deficiency has a role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. it has shown that vitamin d can prevent tumor progression induced by carcinogens and inhibit the carcinogenic effects of high fat diet on breast tissue and growth of tumor cells. this study aimed to evaluate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d level and...