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SynthesisJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine

Comparing Vitamin D Level Between Patients with Psoriasis and Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mahmood Moosazadeh, Giovanni Damiani, Mohammad Khademloo, Motahareh Kheradmand, Fatemeh Nabinezhad-Male, Amirhossein Hessami

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Synthesis in Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Vitamin D in the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahmood MoosazadehGastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Non-communicable Disease Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Giovanni DamianiClinical Dermatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
Mohammad KhademlooDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Orthopedic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Motahareh KheradmandHealth Sciences Research center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Fatemeh Nabinezhad-MaleMazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Amirhossein HessamiStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1219-1081
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversal Scientific Education and Research Network · IRUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPsoriasis is nowadays regarded as a systemic inflammatory disorder. Among the topicals, vitamin D derivates are often applied on the skin for their anti-inflammatory and immune-modulatory properties. Vitamin D serum levels in psoriasis (PsO) patients are still debated and an eventual depletion may offer the rational to integrate anti-psoriatic therapies with oral vitamin D. Then, we aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on the current evidence towards serum vitamin D level in PsO.

methodsWe searched in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, ScienceDirect and Science Information Database (SID) using the terms "Vitamin D" and "Psoriasis" including manuscripts in English, Italian and Persian. Duplications were excluded using EndNote software and records were screened by title, abstract and full-text. Quality assessment of studies was assessed using Newcastle Ottawa Checklist (NOS). Psoriasis odds ratio (OR) and mean serum vitamin D levels were calculated and displayed in Forest-plots. Heterogeneity indexes were evaluated using

resultsFrom 3006 records extracted, after removing duplicates and analyzing full texts we finally included 19 manuscripts involving a total of 1387 PsO cases and 6939 controls. PsO patients exhibited a substantial odds ratio (3.07, 95% CI: 1.56-6.04) for lower serum vitamin D levels compared to the control group. Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) of vitamin D in PsO versus controls was -0.92 (-1.33 to -0.51).

conclusionPsoriatic patients displayed higher risk to have a vitamin D deficiency. Interventional studies to verify the preventive value are mandatory.

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PsoriasisVitamin D DeficiencyHumansVitamin DVitaminsVitamin DVitaminsmeta-analysisprotective factorpsoriasisserum vitamin D

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PMID37936396
PMCPMC10631321
OpenAlexW4388495735

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