Does vitamin D affect disease severity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis?

Chinese Medical Journal 2012;125(14):2511-2515 2511

Bekir Durmus, Zuhal Altay, Ozlem Baysal and Yuksel Ersoy

A portion of table 3 shows many strong vitamin D associations with bone problems in AS

2012 PDF is attached at the bottom of this page

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There are many reasons to believe that the vitamin D cofactors which benefit bone would be very helpful for AS

Here is portion of the summary table of the cofactor page as of July 2012

Cofactor	How Much	Benefit Bone
Calcium	<750mg	Yes
Magnesium	500mg	Yes
Vitamin K2		Yes
Vitamin A		maybe
Boron	5-10mg	Yes
Silica		Yes
Strontium		Yes
Zinc		Yes

See also VitaminDWiki

• Search VitaminDWiki for ankylosing spondylitis 56 items as of Feb 2013

• Ankylosing spondylitis and low vitamin D – many studies

See also web

• Vitamin D Council on AS

• The relation between bone mineral density, bone turnover markers, and vitamin D status in ankylosing spondylitis patients with active disease: a cross-sectional analysis.

  • Osteoporos Int. 2011 May;22(5):1431-9. Epub 2010 Jul 6
  • 2011 PDF is attached at the bottom of this page