Kagolanu Deepthi, Levine Irving, Katz Seymour
Dr Kagolanu is a medical resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York.
Dr Levine is a medical resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York, New York.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2019 Jan;15(1):28-34.
The role of vitamin D has long been discussed in many chronic diseases, and its significance in inflammatory bowel disease has recently gained attention. This article reviews vitamin D homeostasis, the involvement of vitamin D in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease, and vitamin D deficiency as a result of inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, this article explores the possibility of age, specifically in the elderly population, as a risk factor for developing vitamin D deficiency in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
维生素D在多种慢性疾病中的作用长期以来一直被讨论,其在炎症性肠病中的意义最近受到了关注。本文综述了维生素D稳态、维生素D在炎症性肠病病理生理学中的作用以及炎症性肠病导致的维生素D缺乏。此外,本文还探讨了年龄,特别是老年人群,作为炎症性肠病患者发生维生素D缺乏风险因素的可能性。