Autor: |
László Horváth, Sara Mirani, Michael Magdy Fahmy Girgis, Szilvia Rácz, Ildikó Bácskay, Harjit Pal Bhattoa, Béla E. Tóth |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 14 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1663-9812 |
DOI: |
10.3389/fphar.2023.1232285 |
Popis: |
Introduction: Vitamin D (vitD) deficiency may have importance in some diseases, but there is a lack of data in our country to clarify the current situation. Our aim was to examine the basic characteristics of patients’ vitD status, and the ratio of vitD deficiency and its relation to certain diseases, assess seasonality and trends, and reveal the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vitD3 supplementation at the patient population level.Methods: Anonymized data on 25(OH)D test results were obtained from the clinical data registry of a tertiary teaching hospital covering the period between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2021. VitD consumption (pharmacy sale) data were retrieved from the database of the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary in order to calculate the defined daily dose (DDD)/1,000 inhabitants/day. Descriptive statistics and odds ratios with their 95% confidence intervals were calculated. The two-sample t-test and F-test were used to analyze our patients’ data. Significant differences were considered if p |
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