ArticleZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2018
Link between community-acquired pneumonia and vitamin D levels in older patients.
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- Evidence That Increasing Serum 25(OH)D Concentrations to 30 ng/mL in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Could Greatly Improve Health Outcomes.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and associated risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among middle-aged and older adults in the United States.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Impact of vitamin D level and supplementation on systemic lupus erythematosus patients during COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of rheumatology · 2022Article
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- Can Optimum Solar Radiation Exposure or Supplemented Vitamin D Intake Reduce the Severity of COVID-19 Symptoms?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Is vitamin D deficiency a risk factor for COVID-19 in children?Pediatric pulmonology · 2020Article
- Role of vitamin D in preventing of COVID-19 infection, progression and severity.Journal of infection and public health · 2020Review
- Early Nutritional Interventions with Zinc, Selenium and Vitamin D for Raising Anti-Viral Resistance Against Progressive COVID-19.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Does vitamin D deficiency increase the severity of COVID-19?Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2020Article
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- Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths.Nutrients · 2020Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the correlation between the level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)D] and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly patients.
methodsA total of 163 older patients were chosen from those hospitalized between October 2011 and October 2012. Patients were divided into pneumonia and non-pneumonia groups, and the concentrations of 25-(OH)D (nmol/L) in serum were measured. Clinical data were then compared between the two groups and pneumonia-related risk factors were analyzed using logistic regression.
resultsAmong the 163 older hospitalized patients, 49 suffered from pneumonia. Levels of 25-(OH)D, total cholesterol (TC), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were lower (P < 0.05) in the pneumonia group, while severe vitamin D (VitD) deficiency was higher in the pneumonia group (71.4 vs. 19.3%; P < 0.0001). Age and number of hospitalization days were higher in the pneumonia group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression showed that age and VitD levels were independent risk factors for pneumonia. No significant difference was observed in terms of gender, onset season, body mass index, or smoking and drinking history between the two groups (P > 0.05).
conclusionThe older patients with CAP had a severe VitD deficiency, indicating that low levels of VitD might play an important role in the occurrence and development of CAP.
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