Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRV s) for vitamin D. The …

Background: Alopecia areata (AA) is a common, recurrent, autoimmune hair disorder. It has
been found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with many autoimmune diseases. Aims …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRVs) for vitamin D. The …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is associated with hypertension. Blood
pressure (BP) and circulating vitamin D concentrations vary with the seasons and distance …

Objectives: To evaluate if dietary vitamin D intake is adequate for sufficient vitamin D status
during early winter in children living in Sweden, irrespective of latitude or skin color …

Background Despite increased awareness of the adverse health effects of vitamin D
deficiency, only a few studies have evaluated the vitamin D status (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 …

We assessed the vitamin D status in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients and healthy
controls in the late winter when no vitamin D is produced by the sunlight. The vitamin D …

Background Findings from epidemiological studies regarding seasonal variations in the
association between vitamin D status and depression are inconsistent. Methods Cross …

The influence of altitude above sea level on intelligence has received only tangential
attention in the literature despite that, firstly, the scarcity of oxygen occurring at high altitude …

Abstract Background/Objective The benefit of NB‐UVB phototherapy on serum 25‐
hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] levels in patients with inflammatory skin conditions has been …