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ReviewNutrients2010

Nonclassical vitamin D action.

Armin Zittermann, Jan F Gummert

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02617771 (Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Paediatric), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02617771 phase4completednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Recurrent Respiratory Infections in Paediatric

TypeinterventionalSponsorPoliclinico HospitalRan2014 to 2015Enrolled84ConditionsRecurrent Respiratory Tract InfectionsArmsVitamin D3
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Vitamin D in the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  15. Vitamin D Deficiency in Critically Ill Children with Sepsis: What is the Road ahead?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Armin ZittermannClinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. azittermann@hdz-nrw.de
Jan F Gummert
Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia · DERuhr University Bochum · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is becoming increasingly clear that vitamin D has a broad range of actions in the human body. Besides its well-known effects on calcium/phosphate homeostasis, vitamin D influences muscle function, cardiovascular homeostasis, nervous function, and the immune response. Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency has been associated with muscle weakness and a high incidence of various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 and 2 diabetes. Most importantly, low vitamin D status has been found to be an independent predictor of all-cause mortality. Several recent randomized controlled trials support the assumption that vitamin D can improve muscle strength, glucose homeostasis, and cardiovascular risk markers. In addition, vitamin D may reduce cancer incidence and elevated blood pressure. Since the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is high throughout the world, there is a need to improve vitamin D status in the general adult population. However, the currently recommended daily vitamin D intake of 5-15 µg is too low to achieve an adequate vitamin D status in individuals with only modest skin synthesis. Thus, there is a need to recommend a vitamin D intake that is effective for achieving adequate circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations (>75 nmol/L).

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AdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesChildDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansHypersensitivityInfectionsMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisMuscular DiseasesNeoplasmsVitamin DVitamin D Deficiency25-hydroxyvitamin DVitamin Dcancercardiovasculardietmortalityultraviolet B radiationvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID22254030
PMCPMC3257656
OpenAlexW2093066313

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