Pages tagged with "Orient"

79 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• India and vitamin D - many studies
• Low vitamin D while pregnant – a health emergency (Indonesia in this case) – meta-analysis
• Low vitamin D in Malaysia (85 percent less than 30 ng) – meta-analysis
• Most Chinese have less than 20 ng level of Vitamin D - meta-analysis
• 4,000 IU of daily Vitamin D during pregnancy is good (Mongolia this time) – RCT
• Chinese women in tropics needed 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly to keep above 30 ng – RCT
• 2000 IU vitamin D not enough to get most Chinese to 20 ng level – RCT
• Women around the world want whiter skin
• Avoiding the sun (and vitamin D) – most Chinese medical students do not want darker skins
• More sun-protection habits = less Vitamin D in Chinese students (dose-response) - observational
• Vitamin A deficiency in more than 30% of children in some Middle Eastern and African countries
• Prediabetes 7X more likely for Japanese women if low vitamin D
• Comparison of Vitamin D supplementation guidelines for children – China 400 IU 2012
• Increased vitamin D might decrease air pollution health problems (Pregnant women in India in this case)
• Chinese neonates 3.6 X more likely to have low vitamin D if previous month was cold
• 82% of Chinese hospital staff had less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (65% of patients)
• Orient
• Vitamin D levels in new borns are so low that they are considering supplementing to prevent Rickets (Japan)
• Little Vitamin D while pregnant in Asia – survey
• 3X less risk of Atherosclerotic Disease if good level of Vitamin D (Japan)
• Vitamin D genes vary with UVB in Europe, Africa, Asia
• Vitamin D levels INCREASED in Korea during lockdown (supplementation)
• Vitamin D Deficiency in children in SE Asia
• Vitamin D levels are correlated with 6 environmental variables in China
• Chinese have very low vitamin D
• Some women who want whiter skin avoid the sun – increasing the risk of colon cancer in this case.
• Moderate to high Myopia 2X more likely if low Vitamin D (China)
• Majority of South Asian children and youths have low vitamin D (85 pcnt of neonates)
• Low vitamin D in yet another sunny country-Thailand
• Asthma 3.7X higher risk of poor Vitamin D Receptor (teens in Taiwan in this case)
• Half of Mongolian schoolchildren have less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• Oldest Chinese with low Vitamin D were more likely to die
• Less than 3 percent of pregnant women in Shanghai had even 30 ng of vitamin D
• Maternal Vitamin D not associated with health in China (virually none had a healthy level)
• Less COVID-19 infection, mortality in countries with higher Vitamin D (Asia in this case)
• Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D
• Vitamin D deficiency in China – only 1 in 18 have even 30 ng, fewer if young or female
• Beijing women have low vitamin D - 89 percent have less than 20 ng
• Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU
• Supplement usage - US 50 percent, China 0.7 percent - 2018
• Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps
• Senior Korean women have much less vitamin D than men (possible reasons)
• GC, CYP2R1 and DHCR7 genes associated with low vitamin D levels in China – 2012, 2013
• COVID-19 2.7 X more likely to be severe if less than 8 ng of vitamin D (China)
• Low muscle mass at least 2X more likely if low Vitamin D (Korea, all ages)
• Half of Chinese adolescents have less than 20 ng of VItamin D
• Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China)
• Child movement disorders reduced in 1 week by Vitamin D injection (China)
• South Koreans - half take supplements, Vitamin D levels dropping, COVID-19
• Every single Taekwondo (indoor) Korean teen had low Vitamin D
• 9X increase in Koreans seeking help with vitamin D deficiency in just 4 years
• Vitamin D levels continue to fall in Korea
• Vitamin D DRI for children lowered to 200 IU in Korea
• One third of lung disease patients in China had less than 4ng of vitamin D
• Chinese Skin Pigmentation Types (original in Chinese) - 2019
• Higher Vitamin D in US seniors if older, female, not smoke, but LOWER for each in China
• Race changes the risk of various health problems, but many questions remain
• Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay
• Indonesian women – 95 percent do not have sufficient Vitamin D
• Hypothesis – China air conditioning disease is the result of less vitamin D
• Low Vitamin D if low UV (Pregnant Japanese, 2012)
• 20 X more Parkinson's and 100X more Autism with GMO soy in China
• Pregnant Malays near equator are vitamin D deficient (9 in 10 have less than 20 ng)
• Half of Tianjin China had less than sufficient vitamin D (IoM of 20-50 ng)
• Need 460 IU of vitamin D to get half of young Japanese women to even 20 ng level
• Bones need at least 30 nanograms of Vitamin D – 2 medical groups in Japan
• Beijing extremely vitamin D deficient even in the fall: 10 ng
• New cognitive problems 3 times more likely in Chinese elderly having low vitamin D
• Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy
• Vitamin D higher and diabetes lower among rural senior Koreans
• Low levels of vitamin D in Japanese office workers
• Japanese men eating small fish were 32 percent less likely to get diabetes
• Japanese recommendations without RDA: Vitamin D about 200 IU, Vitamin K about 60 ug
• Vitamin D in Japanese women: 91 percent have less than 30 ng– 2012
• Japanese women 20X more likely to be vitamin D deficient than men, etc. – Many 2013
• 1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics and 15 percent prediabetic
• Rickets in Chinese
• Low D in developing countries – less than 5 ng in some children in China
• Virtually all Chinese teens at 30 degree N have less than 30 ng of vitamin D