Oral corticosteroids lead to vitamin D deficiency

摘要

PEOPLE taking corticosteroids regularly should be screened for vitamin D deficiency, according to the authors of an analysis published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (28 September 2011), which showed that use of oral corticosteroids is associated with severe vitamin D deficiency. Researchers examined data from 22,650 children, adolescents and adults included in the US national health and nutrition examination survey between 2001 and 2006. Of these, 181 people (0.9 per cent of the population) had used oral corticosteroids in the past 30 days.