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- Chronic tonsillitis virtually eliminated in children by Vitamin D (50,000 IU weekly) – RCT May 2023
- Resulting childhood Asthma cut in half if 4,400 IU Vitamin D daily while pregnant - RCT April 2023
- Several smoking problems treated by Vitamin D (bi-weekly, 50,000 IU) - RCT Dec 2021
- Infant Respiratory Infections not reduced by mothers taking small amount of vitamin D (28,000 weekly)– RCT July 2021
- Asthma and COPD in a few seniors greatly decreased by monthly 100,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT Feb 2021
- Colds substantially reduced by Vitamin D or UV during military training – Jan 2021
- Acute respiratory tract infections not reduced by Vitamin D if already have a good level – Jan 2021
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in adults reduced by just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2020
- Those with Asthma or COPD had half the response to Vitamin D – March 2020
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China) - March 2020
- Hay Fever treated by Vitamin D (50,000 IU weekly) – RCT July 2019
- COPD trial to use 80,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT 2021
- Allergic Rhinitis in infants treated by 1,000 IU vitamin D daily – June 2019
- Childhood colds reduced 25 percent by weekly Vitamin D – RCT Jan 2019
- All asthma problems reduced after 1 year of Vitamin D – Nov 2017
- Asthma treated by daily 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – April 2018
- Childhood Respiratory Health hardly improved with 600 IU of vitamin D (need much more) – May 2018
- Allergic rhinitis in children reduced somewhat during pollen season by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2018
- Influenza risk reduced 2X by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D (vs 400), RTI reduced 3X by 400 or more IU – July 2017
- Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT Jan 2018
- Risk of infant Asthma cut in half if mother supplemented Vitamin D to get more than 30 ng – RCT Oct 2017
- Childhood asthma problems eliminated for months by 600,000 IU of Vitamin D injection – June 2017
- Reduction of infant asthma may require good vitamin D when lung development starts (4 weeks) – March 2017
- Monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D decreased respiratory infection but increased falls – Nov 2016
- RTI – Feel much better if increase vitamin D level above 40 ng (4000 IU) – RCT Sept 2015
- Five times less mite allergy when vitamin D added in mid pregnancy and to infant – RCT April 2016
- Childhood asthma still reduced 4 months after 800 IU of Vitamin D daily - RCT Feb 2016
- Asthma exacerbations with colds reduced by 40 percent with vitamin D supplementation – Nov 2015
- Allergic Rhinitis (hay fever) reduced by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D for 30 days – RCT Sept 2015
- Vitamin D loading dose then weekly 50,000 IU not help (COPD) if very deficient – Oct 2015
- Respiratory tract infection eliminated in 36 percent of people by 4000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2015
- COPD reduced by 40 percent with monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2015
- 500,000 IU of vitamin D cut in half the hospital days following a lung failure – RCT 2015
- Respiratory infections (RTI) cut in half by 20,000 IU weekly vitamin D if initially deficient – RCT March 2015
- Wheezing reduced 35 percent if vitamin D added during pregnancy – April 2015
- 5 days of 100,000 IU of Vitamin D increased hemoglobin in critical illness – RCT April 2015
- Respiratory diseases helped by vitamin D if initially have low level – RCT review Jan 2015
- COPD reduced by vitamin D taken once every 60 days – RCT Dec 2014
- Asthma reduced 60 percent with vitamin D supplementation – meta-analysis 2014, 2015
- Respiratory Tract Infection visits 2.5 less likely with vitamin D: Pregnancy 2000 IU, Infant 800 IU – RCT Oct 2014
- Allergy to House dust mite greatly reduced by adding just 600 IU of vitamin D – RCT Nov 2014
- Asthma reduced by weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Aug 2014
- Asthma attacks reduced in half if Vitamin D level higher than 42 nanograms – RCT May 2014
- 2000 IU of vitamin D should improve toddlers health in winter – RCT almost completed Feb 2014
- Bronchial Asthma reduced with 60,000 IU monthly vitamin D – RCT Nov 2013
- COPD fought by Vitamin D - many studies
- Respiratory infections reduced by 63 percent with 4000 IU vitamin D daily - RCT Dec 2012
- Just 300 IU daily of vitamin D reduced respiratory infections by 50% – RCT Aug 2012
- Recurrence of child pneumonia delayed by 100000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Oct 2010
- Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
See also: Proof that Vitamin D Works
Vitamin D status as a synthetic biomarker of health status - EDITORIAL
Endocrine, DOI 10.1007/s12020-015-0837-x
Philippe Autier
Received: 21 September 2015/Accepted: 16 December 2015 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
A considerable number of ecological, cross-sectional and of observational studies have documented the association between low vitamin D status (assessed by the measurement of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration [25(OH)D]) and a greater risk of being diagnosed with a myriad of diseases, including minor ailments and rare conditions [1]. Many have concluded from these non-interventional studies that low vitamin D status could be a cause of ill health, and that maintaining a high 25(OH)D could represent an easy way to prevent diseases and increase life expectancy. But the numerous randomised trials done to date on vitamin D supplementation did not confirm the health benefits of increased 25(OH)D, even when high doses of supplementation (i.e. >50 ig per day) were used in subjects with low vitamin D status before randomisation [2]. Large-size randomised trials on vitamin D supplementation are on-going [3, 4]. While awaiting for results of these trials, perhaps the cautious view is to consider that low 25(OH)D is a consequence and not a cause, of debilitated health.
The prospective study of Skaaby and colleagues published in this issue of the journal provides additional evidence that 25(OH)D depends on the interplay between personal characteristics (e.g. sex, age) and multiple lifestyle (i.e. adiposity, diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol drinking) factors that are known determinants of major conditions like cardiovascular, metabolic and cancerous diseases, as well as of life expectancy [5]. Importantly, the study demonstrates that changes in lifestyle over time exert profound influence on the vitamin D status. If in addition, the study had prospectively collected information on chronic disease occurrence, systemic inflammation (e.g. repeated measurements of the hsCRP or of the TNF-alpha), and liver and renal function, it is possible that changes in these conditions might have been associated with changes in 25(OH)D. This later hypothesis, however, needs to be confirmed by prospective studies. Considering that the health status of an individual is the result of complex interactions between personal characteristics, genetic make-up, living place, nutrition and lifestyle, physiological parameters and the presence of subclinical or of overt chronic disease(s) and of treatments, then the Skaaby et al. study lends support to the possibility that the 25(OH)D could represent a synthetic indicator of the health status of an individual that provides a quantitative information on a vast number of factors that may have positive and negative influences on the health status. This possibility is supported by the observation that of all vitamins and anti-oxidative compounds found in the serum, the 25(OH)D concentration is probably the most sensitive to changes in health status [6].
If this possibility proves correct and feasible, it would open new perspectives for public health action and medical practice. First, repeated measurements of 25(OH)D could serve for monitoring health status and evaluate the impact of efforts deployed for improving it like the adoption of healthier lifestyle or the successful management of a chronic condition. Conversely, changes in 25(OH)D may inform on how badly disease occurrence or unwelcome changes in lifestyle have altered the health status.
A second perspective is about individuals found with low 25(OH)D. The usual reaction is to prescribe vitamin D supplementation. However, we know from systematic reviews of randomised trials that vitamin D supplementation does not affect disease occurrence and outcomes [2, 7, 8]. So, according to the new perspective, the first reaction should be to investigate reasons possibly underlying the low status, and if found, to fix them or to mitigate their untoward consequences on health. It follows that successful resolution of reasons involved in low vitamin D status should lead to upward changes in 25(OH)D. Indeed, in this scenario, vitamin D supplementation incapacitates the use of 25(OH)D for health status monitoring. Therefore, a notable exception for these innovative ways to use 25(OH)D measurements could be groups for which vitamin D supplementation is recommended like pregnant women, small children and frail elderly.
There is, however, a long way to go before 25(OH)D could be used as a biomarker of health status. For instance, a limitation of the Skaaby et al. study is the absence of an estimation of the total variability in 25(OH)D during the 5-year period of follow-up, with an estimation of how much of that variability was due to changes in lifestyle. The statistical quantification of changes in 25(OH)D according to changes in lifestyle or personal factors clearly deserves more research in order to obtain a better appraisal of how well variations in 25(OH)D over time inform on changes in health determinants. Such quantification could also consider the influence of disease occurrence and changes in physiological parameters known to influence health status and 25(OH)D, like the systemic inflammation, or the liver and renal function. Another aspect will be to determine at which period of the year the measurement of 25(OH)D offers the most valid information on health status. Most probably the end of the winter season would be the best candidate. It will be also necessary to work on the appropriate way to take care of the influence on 25(OH)D of casual, recreational or occupational exposures to the sun or to artificial sources of ultraviolet light. Finally, tests for accurate measurement of 25(OH)D are still costly.
The keen interest of the scientific community for vitamin D status and health expanded rapidly in the 2000s. There is at present growing evidence that increasing the vitamin D status is not a panacea for preventing a multitude of conditions. Studies like the one by Skaaby and colleagues open new and more appropriate avenues for the use of results of huge numbers of 25(OH)D tests that have become so common in many communities. In this regard, already existing cohort studies could explore whether 25(OH)D could provide an information to health professionals that would represent a significant addition to knowledge of the smoking status, blood pressure and serum blood lipids.
References
- N.C. Harvey, C. Cooper, Vitamin D: some perspective please. BMJ 345, e4695 (2012)
- P. Autier, M. Boniol, C. Pizot, P. Mullie, Vitamin D status and ill health: a systematic review. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2(1), 76-89 (2014)
- J.E. Manson, S.S. Bassuk, Vitamin D research and clinical practice: at a crossroads. JAMA 313(13), 1311-1312 (2015)
- Scragg R, Waayer D, Stewart AW, Lawes CM, Toop L, Murphy J, et al. The Vitamin D Assessment (ViDA) Study: design of a randomized controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, acute respiratory infection, falls and non-vertebral fractures. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2015
- Skaaby T, Pisinger C, Nystrup Husemoen L, Hannemann A, Heinsbxk Thuesen B, J0rgensen T, et al. Longitudinal associations between lifestyle and vitamin D: A general population study with repeated vitamin D measurements. Endocrine. 2015
- G. McNeill, J. Vyvyan, H. Peace, L. McKie, G. Seymour, J. Hendry et al., Predictors of micronutrient status in men and women over 75 years old living in the community. Br. J. Nutr. 88(5), 555-561 (2002)
- M.J. Bolland, A. Grey, G.D. Gamble, I.R. Reid, The effect of vitamin D supplementation on skeletal, vascular, or cancer outcomes: a trial sequential meta-analysis. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2(4), 307-320 (2014)
- M.J. Bolland, A. Grey, G.D. Gamble, I.R. Reid, Vitamin D supplementation and falls: a trial sequential meta-analysis. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2(7), 573-580 (2014)
Longitudinal associations between lifestyle and vitamin D: A general population study with repeated vitamin D measurements
Endocrine, pp 1-9, First online: 30 May 2015
Tea Skaaby , Lise Lotte Nystrup Husemoen, Betina Heinsbæk Thuesen, Charlotta Pisinger, Anke Hannemann, Torben Jørgensen, Allan Linneberg
Abstract
Several lifestyle factors have been found to be associated with vitamin D status in cross-sectional studies, but it is not clear whether a change in these factors can actually affect the vitamin D level. We investigated the association between repeated measurements of physical activity, body mass index (BMI), diet, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits, and corresponding levels of vitamin D during 5 years of follow-up of a large general population sample. We included 4185 persons who participated and had vitamin D (serum-25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25-OH-D) measurements in the Inter99 study at baseline (1999–2001) and 5-year follow-up. In a subsample, 25-OH-D was also measured at 1- and 3-year follow-ups. We used mixed models to examine the association between repeated measurements of lifestyle factors and 25-OH-D levels. In multivariable analyses of repeated measurements, the difference in 25-OH-D was
- −0.32 ng/ml (95 % CI −0.37, −0.28) per 1 kg/m2 increase in BMI;
- 4.50 ng/ml (95 % CI 3.84, 5.15) for persons moderately/vigorously physically active versus sedentary;
- 1.82 ng/ml (95 % CI 1.09, 2.56) for persons with healthy versus unhealthy dietary habits;
- 0.05 ng/ml (95 % CI 0.03, 0.07) per 1 standard drink/weak increase in alcohol consumption; and
- 0.86 ng/ml (95 % CI 0.36, 1.35) for never smokers versus daily smokers.
Our study shows that lower BMI, a higher level of physical activity, a healthier diet and possibly a higher alcohol intake, and not smoking, are associated with higher 25-OH-D levels.
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