BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown a relationship between vitamin D status and growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1). The objective of this study was to assess vitamin D status in children with GH deficiency due to pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) and to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25 (OH) 2D...

BACKGROUND A deficiency in vitamin D (25OHD) is common throughout the world in both adults and children, being related to skin pigmentation, sun exposure, dietary intake and obesity. Limited data are available for the neonatal age. The aim of the study is to understand the differences in 25OHD levels with respect to skin colour and ethnicity in newborns. METHODS We randomly enrolled 62 neonat...

CONTEXT Observational studies relating circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and dietary vitamin D intake to cardiovascular disease (CVD) have reported conflicting results. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to investigate the association of 25OHD, dietary vitamin D, PTH, and adjusted calcium with CVD and mortality in a Scottish cohort. DESIGN AND SETTING The MIDSPAN Family Study is a prospectiv...

CONTEXT Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations greater than 30 ng/ml have been recommended for lowering fracture risk. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to determine whether 25OHD sufficiency is a prerequisite for effective response to teriparatide (TPTD). DESIGN AND PATIENTS Data were from 1620 osteoporotic postmenopausal women in the Fracture Prevention Trial. The response to TPTD was...

Low vitamin D status in women of childbearing age may have implications for health. Vitamin D status of New Zealanders (NZ), based on low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is suboptimal. Vitamin D status may be improved with supplements and/or fortified foods. Recently an Adequate Intake (AI) for Australia and NZ was set at 5 μg/d vitamin D. We aimed to determine the effect of daily consumption...

BACKGROUND Hypovitaminosis D is a common condition among elderly individuals in temperate-climate countries, with a clear seasonal variation on 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels, increasing after summer and decreasing after winter, but there are few data from sunny countries such as Brazil. Many factors can interfere on vitamin D cutaneous synthesis. We aimed at studying the 25OHD variations during wi...

BACKGROUND Observational studies have shown that vitamin D binding protein (DBP) levels, a key determinant of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) levels, and 25OHD levels themselves both associate with risk of disease. If 25OHD levels have a causal influence on disease, and DBP lies in this causal pathway, then DBP levels should likewise be causally associated with disease. We undertook a Mendelian ra...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study is to observe the levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitaminD (25OHD), parathyroid hormone and bone mineral density (BMD) in type 2 diabetes as well as to analyze the correlationship between 25OHD level and BMD. METHODS The subjects included 368 type 2 diabetic patients, ages ranged 40-79 years and 300 non-diabetic control subjects matched for age, gender and body mass...

BACKGROUND Endogenous (heterophile, human anti-animal …) antibodies are a known cause of interference in immunoassays. CASE REPORT A patient with hypercalcemia and low PTH levels was investigated. The serum 25OH vitamin D (25OHD) concentration was above the analytical range of the automated analyser (>150ng/mL) but serum dilutions were not linear. A myeloma-related monoclonal peak of immunogl...

CONTEXT The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on dietary reference intakes (DRI) for vitamin D is reviewed, along with its implications. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Evidence-based reviews were completed; the IOM committee conducted its own literature search, an open public workshop, and two open sessions, and maintained a public web site for stakeholder input. The consensus report of the 14 scienti...