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
2013
Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Thacher T, Fischer P, Tebben P, Singh R, S. S, Maxson J, Yawn B. Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2013, 88: 176-183. PMID: 23374621, PMCID: PMC3612965, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic codesRadiographic evidence of ricketsOlmsted County, MinnesotaRochester Epidemiology Project dataAssociated with black raceCommunity-based populationRisk factorsVitamin D deficiencyPopulation-based studyNutritional ricketsEvidence of ricketsIncidence of nutritional ricketsRecord abstractionEvaluation of risk factorsNonwhite race/ethnicityLeg painD deficiencyOlmsted CountyOutcome measuresIncidence rateRadiographic evidenceLow birth weightAge- and sex-matched controlsGenu varumBlack race