High prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy and implications for health.

By M. F. Holick. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2006

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Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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Factors that influence the cutaneous synthesis and dietary sources of vitamin D. (2007, background): “deficiency in the elderly in the US and Canada is due to a decrease or complete abstinence of consumption of vitamin D containing foods, supplements and lack of exposure to sunlight (1,2,12).”
From vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health. (2008, background): “Because serum 1 ,25(OH)2D3 values do not correlate with clinical disease status, information on serum 1 ,25(OH)2D3 concentration does not usually help with clinical diagnosis and treatment (48).”
Vitamin D and Diabetes Let the Sunshine In (2008, background): “Adults with moderate to severe vitamin D deficiency, or osteomalacia, may experience muscle weakness, bone pain, difficulty walking especially stairs and more falls.(1,47) These can lead to progressive loss of bone, increased risk of fracture, and may be contributing factors to osteoporosis and oste”
Resurrection of vitamin D deficiency and rickets. (2006, neutral): “…in tissues that regulate serum calcium, including the small intestine, bone cells, and kidney, but also in essentially all tissues and cells in the body, including brain, colon, breast, prostate, pancreas, heart, skin, skeletal muscle, monocytes, and activated T and B lymphocytes (1, 20–22 , 24).”
Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. (2011, background): “In young children who have little mineral in their skeleton, this defect results in a variety of skeletal deformities classically known as rickets (24, 47).”
Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency in US adults. (2011, background): “By different cutoff points, vitamin D deficiency was found to be common in certain subpopulations, including elder adults (41% using 25-hydroxyvitamin D level ≤20 ng/mL) [20], African Americans (61% using 25-hydroxyvitamin D level ≤15 ng/mL) [26], and women with osteoporosis (64% using 25-hydroxyvit”
Vitamin D status: measurement, interpretation, and clinical application. (2009, methodology): “The upper limit of normal has also been questioned (4, 29, 30).”
Vitamin D: The “sunshine” vitamin (2012, background): “[1,44] In young children who have little mineral in their skeleton, this defect results in a variety of skeletal deformities classically known as rickets.[45,46] VDD also causes muscle weakness; affected children have difficulty in standing and walking,[46,47] whereas the elderly have increasing swa”
The role of vitamin D and calcium in type 2 diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2007, background): “However, recent evidence suggests that vitamin D and calcium homeostasis may also be important for a variety of nonskeletal outcomes including neuromuscular function and falls, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and colorectal and prostate cancer (4, 5).”