Vitamin D status before Roux-en-Y and efficacy of prophylactic and therapeutic doses of vitamin D in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

NF Mahlay, LG Verka, K Thomsen, S Merugu… - Obesity surgery, 2009 - Springer
Background Literature regarding the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) on vitamin
D level shows contradictory findings. Our goal was to determine preoperatively vitamin D …

Long‐term hypovitaminosis D and secondary hyperparathyroidism outcomes of the Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass: a systematic review

NJ Switzer, G Marcil, S Prasad, E Debru… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Introduction Pre‐operative Vitamin D deficiency is markedly prevalent in
prospective bariatric surgery patients. While bariatric surgery leads to significant weight loss …

Treatment of vitamin D depletion after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a randomized prospective clinical trial

AM Carlin, DS Rao, KM Yager, NJ Parikh… - Surgery for obesity and …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A high prevalence (60%) of vitamin D (VitD) depletion, defined as a serum
25-hydroxyvitamin D level of≤ 20 ng/mL, is present in preoperative morbidly obese patients …

Hypovitaminosis D and morbid obesity

J Ybarra, J Sánchez-Hernández, A Pérez - Nursing Clinics, 2007 - nursing.theclinics.com
Obesity is by far the most prevalent metabolic disease worldwide. Hence, the World Health
Organization calls it an epidemic, given its prevalence, incidence, and socio-sanitary …

Vitamin D absorption: consequences of gastric bypass surgery

E Aarts, L van Groningen, R Horst… - European journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Severe vitamin D deficiency is a common finding in morbid obesity, and the
incidence increases markedly after RYGB. Normalization of vitamin D levels after RYGB is …

Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index

P Lee, JR Greenfield, MJ Seibel, JA Eisman… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with hypovitaminosis D. Whether body mass index
(BMI) determines the replacement dose of vitamin D to achieve sufficiency is unclear …

The vitamin D dose response in obesity

R Dhaliwal, M Mikhail, M Feuerman, JF Aloia - Endocrine Practice, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy is high in obese individuals. Determining
the response of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) to vitamin D 3 supplementation in …