OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in healthy Saudi adults. METHODS A cross-sectional study carried out as part of the screening and early evaluation of kidney disease project. Vitamin D was measured in subjects recruited at 2 screening camps in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between March to May 2008. Subjects from the 2 large commercial centers in Riyadh aged ≥18 years and...

In a virtualized environment, it is not difficult to retrieve guest OS information from its hypervisor. However, it is very challenging to retrieve information in the reverse direction, i.e., retrieve the hypervisor information from within a guest OS, which remains an open problem and has not yet been comprehensively studied before. In this paper, we take the initiative and study this reverse i...

The relationship of four potentially functional polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene, ApaI, BsmI, FokI and TaqI , with tuberculosis susceptibility were considered. The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore the association between the four polymorphisms and tuberculosis risk in different ethnic backgrounds. Eligible case-control studies that were catalogued before April 1(st) 20...

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