Vitamin D deficiency can lead to musculoskeletal diseases such as rickets and
osteomalacia, but vitamin D supplementation may also prevent extraskeletal diseases such …

Introduction Vitamin D deficiency is an important public health problem worldwide. Vitamin D
deficiency confers a significant risk for both skeletal and non-skeletal disorders and a …

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for bone health and may influence the risks of respiratory
illness, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and chronic diseases of adulthood. Because many …

Vitamin D deficiency is common and there exists a huge gap between recommended dietary
vitamin D intakes and the poor vitamin D supply in the general population. While vitamin D is …

Publications from clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation have increased substantially
over the last 15 years. Yet, despite the growing number of randomized controlled trials, meta …

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder of multifactorial
pathogenesis and is associated with obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin …

SNP in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is associated with risk of lower respiratory
infections. The influence of genetic variation in the vitamin D pathway resulting in …

There is clinical uncertainty as to the testing of serum 25-Hydroxy vitamin D (25 [OH] D)
concentrations and when to use high-dose supplementation. Data show that there has been …

Background Prospective studies of antenatal and infant vitamin D exposure and atopic
disease from extensively characterised, disease‐specific, maternal‐infant cohorts with gold …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of
childhood morbidity as measured by school absences, emergency department visits, and …