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Increase of serum vitamin D levels in the COVID-19 pandemic: Report of a Mexican reference clinical laboratory

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العنوان: Increase of serum vitamin D levels in the COVID-19 pandemic: Report of a Mexican reference clinical laboratory
المؤلفون: García-Alcalá Héctor, Minutti-Zanella Claudia, Orta-Flores Verónica, López-Martínez Briceida
المصدر: Endocrine and Metabolic Science, Vol 16, Iss , Pp 100199- (2024)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Vitamin D, COVID-19, Vitamin D supplementation, Respiratory tract infections, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
الوصف: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted health professionals to look for prevention and treatment options to improve outcomes. Vitamin D3 (VitD) is a sun dependent, immunomodulatory hormone that was widely used approaching COVID-19 because of previous experience with other RTIs. Its use was recommended in clinical practice guidelines and mainstream media, motivating supplement consumption. This increased the demand for serum VitD determinations, as well as the progressive increase of serum VitD levels. Objective: Study the change in mean VitD serum levels in the population of one reference clinical laboratory before and during pandemic years. Methods: We analyzed 65,481 results (78% female, mean age of 53.47 (M = 55, IQR = 25)). Results: The median Vitamin D level was higher in all seasons in the pandemic years compared to previous years: spring 24 ng/dL (IQR 13.7) vs 25.4 ng/dL (IQR 17), summer 23.5 ng/dL (IQR 13.4) vs 24.2 ng/dL (IQR 16.3), autumn 23.7 ng/dL (IQR 14.3) vs 27 ng/dL (IQR 18.7), winter 22.4 ng/dL (IQR 14.9) vs 23.4 ng/dL (IQR 17.8). Conclusions: The increase in serum VitD during the pandemic years is probably due to the recommendations of its use in guidelines of clinical practice. Although up to date the CDC and NIH have deemed there is not enough information in favor or against VitD use, epidemiology studies should be done to observe the impact of widespread VitD use in COVID-19 and other illnesses.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2666-3961
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666396124000438; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-3961
DOI: 10.1016/j.endmts.2024.100199
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/9310c6cc9a86418ba0218bf5a5d01461
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.9310c6cc9a86418ba0218bf5a5d01461
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:26663961
DOI:10.1016/j.endmts.2024.100199