Evaluation of Vitamin D Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Association with Disease Activity across 15 Countries: 'The COMORA Study'
| Autor: | Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni, Nada Mawani, Fadoua Allali, Hanan Rkain, Kenza Hassouni, Ihsane Hmamouchi, Maxime Dougados |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Rheumatology, Vol 2017 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-9260 1687-9279 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2017/5491676 |
| Popis: | The aims of this study are to evaluate vitamin D status in 1413 RA patients of COMORA study from 15 countries and to analyze relationship between patients’ RA characteristics and low levels of vitamin D. All demographic, clinical, and biological data and RA comorbidities were completed. The results showed that the average of vitamin D serum dosage was 27.3 ng/mL ± 15.1 [0.1–151]. Status of vitamin D was insufficient in 54.6% and deficient in 8.5% of patients. 43% of RA patients were supplemented with vitamin D and absence of supplementation on vitamin D was related to higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (p |
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