Hypovitaminosis D influences chronic ailments; implication for health

Rajalakshimi, V. and Aanandhi, M Vijey (2018) Hypovitaminosis D influences chronic ailments; implication for health. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 11 (6). p. 2659. ISSN 0974-3618

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Abstract

In the past two decades,Vitamin D has developed a major space for research and that has transformed from the
simple concept that vitamin D is important for the prevention of rickets to more physiological relevance on
adults. Hypovitaminosis D being acknowledged as a pandemic, affects almost 50% of the population worldwide.
The literature review recommends that the vitamin D insufficiency and its occurrence increases along with
latitude, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, limited sunlight exposure and aging. A huge body of evidence revealed that
subjects with vitamin D insufficiency have augmented cardiovascular disorder, abdominal obesity, insulin
resistance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and malignancies. The aim of the current review is to make an enhanced
understanding of the processes by which deficits in vitamin D cause specific changes in cell and organ functions
and thus augment the risk for chronic diseases of different etiology.This article also observed the frequency of
vitamin D insufficiency and to assess the prospective inference for skeletal and extraskeletal health. The broad
variety of disorders connected with the scarcity of vitamin D in combination with the high occurrence of these
conditions signifies a unique challenge for preventive medicine.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Pharmaceutics > Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Divisions: Pharmaceutics
Depositing User: Mr IR Admin
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2024 10:15
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2024 10:15
URI: https://ir.vistas.ac.in/id/eprint/7491

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