...Michele Abate; Vincenzo Salini Background: Under conditions of intense exercise, the production of free radicals and cortisol increases, whereas blood levels of testosterone and vitamin D decrease. The aim of the study was to evaluate the behavior of these parameters, ethnic differences...

...Hanife Şerife Aktaş Background: This study was designed to investigate the vitamin D (vit-D) and vitamin B12 (vit-B12) levels and their correlation with anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) antibodies in patients with autoimmune hypothyroidism. Methods: A total of 130 patients diagnosed...

...Özhan Pazarci; Halef Okan Dogan; Seyran Kilinc; Yalkin Çamurcu Objectives: To evaluate the correlation between levels of serum vitamin D and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in elderly patients with bone fractures. Materials and Methods: This study included 56 patients and 31 control subjects...

... glomerular filtration rate, eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m 2 ), gastrectomy, intestinal malabsorption and cancer or vitamin D supplementation. The Institutional Ethics Committee approved the study according to the Declaration of Helsinki and written informed consent was obtained from all the participants...

...Aysel Vehapoglu; Ozden Turel; Serdar Turkmen; Berrin Belcik Inal; Turgut Aksoy; Gamze Ozgurhan; Murat Ersoy Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status of children with growing pains and to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin D treatment...

...D. Shehab; Khaled Al-Jarallah; Nabila Abdella; Olusegun A. Mojiminiyi; Hisham Al Mohamedy Objective: We aimed to assess the efficacy of short-term oral vitamin D supplementation on peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes . Materials and Methods: This prospective, placebo-controlled...

... in 87 (87.9%) patients and the presence of osteophytes in 55 (55.6%) patients. The mean value of 25(OH)D level was 11.4 ± 6.07 ng/ml. Of the 99 patients, 92 (92.9%) were vitamin D deficient. Comparison of 25(OH)D levels to radiological findings and different functional classes showed no significant...

... – were analyzed, 12.8% of patients had all 4 markers within the target range. Conclusion: Achieving target ranges of mineral markers is important in dialysis patients, but reaching K/DOQI target levels is difficult. Hence, physicians should be careful in using P binders and vitamin D analogs to achieve...

... PBC and duodenal biopsy was consistent with CD. She was also found to have osteomalacia. She showed slow response to gluten-free diet, but accelerated full recovery with vitamin D replacement. Conclusion: In PBC patients with subclinical CD and myopathy, vitamin D status can provide a basis...