2021
Association of vitamin D deficiency with COVID‐19 infection severity: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Wang Z, Joshi A, Leopold K, Jackson S, Christensen S, Nayfeh T, Mohammed K, Creo A, Tebben P, Kumar S. Association of vitamin D deficiency with COVID‐19 infection severity: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Clinical Endocrinology 2021, 96: 281-287. PMID: 34160843, PMCID: PMC8444883, DOI: 10.1111/cen.14540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin D deficiencyD deficiencyCOVID-19 infectionAssociation of vitamin D deficiencyAssociated with significantly higher mortalityIntensive care unit admissionVitamin D supplementationHospital admissionSeverity of COVID-19 infectionSeverity of coronavirus disease 2019Length of hospitalizationSignificantly higher mortalityAssociated with greater severityCOVID-19 infection severitySeverity of COVID-19D supplementationStudy geographic locationUnit admissionRate of hospital admissionsLonger hospitalSubgroup analysisObservational studyCoronavirus disease 2019Higher mortalityMeta-analysis
2015
Bone turnover markers in Paget’s disease of the bone: A Systematic review and meta-analysis
Al Nofal A, Altayar O, BenKhadra K, Qasim Agha O, Asi N, Nabhan M, Prokop L, Tebben P, Murad M. Bone turnover markers in Paget’s disease of the bone: A Systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoporosis International 2015, 26: 1875-1891. PMID: 26037791, DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3095-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone turnover markersBone turnover marker concentrationsTurnover markersDisease activityDisease of bonePaget's diseaseBone ALPBone scintigraphyMeta-analysisConcentrations of bone turnover markersIntroductionPaget’s disease of boneMeta-analysis searching MEDLINEUrine N-terminal telopeptideProcollagen type 1 amino-terminal propeptideSystematic reviewBone-specific alkaline phosphataseMarkers of disease activityCorrelation of disease activityPresence of liver diseaseDisease patientsCochrane Central Register of Controlled TrialsQuantitative bone scintigraphyCentral Register of Controlled TrialsC-terminal telopeptideN-terminal telopeptide