Vitamin D and chronic disease prevention

Vitamin D and chronic disease prevention.

Vitamin D serum level and chronic obstructive lung disease

Vitamin D serum level and chronic obstructive lung disease

Vitamin D and chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized as a significant global health problem because of the increased risk of total and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency is common in patients with CKD, and serum levels of vitamin D appear to have an inverse correlation with kidney function. Growing evidence has indicated that vitamin D deficiency may contr...

Vitamin D and Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging public health problem and one of the most powerful predictors of premature cardiovascular disease. Emerging evidence suggests that the progression of CKD and many of the cardiovascular complications may be linked to hypovitaminosis D. Patients with CKD have an exceptionally high rate of severe vitamin D deficiency that is further exacerbated by the re...

Vitamin D metabolism and chronic liver disease.

In recent years, considerable developments have taken place in the understanding of the vitamin D compounds which allows them, or at least their metabolites, to be classified as hormones. The liver has, for many years, entered into any consideration of the normal control of vitamin D status and metabolism in a number of roles. The main importance of the liver in vitamin D metabolism is now reco...