Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · May 2016
Comparative StudyThe association between vitamin D and C-reactive protein levels in patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases.
A direct, inverse correlation between 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH) vitamin D) levels and C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive biomarker for inflammation, was found in some, but not all, studies. These effects were seen in healthy subjects as well as in some inflammatory diseases. ⋯ Our study shows an inverse correlation between 25(OH) vitamin D and CRP in a large patient cohort but more importantly shows that this effect is more pronounced in patients with inflammatory diseases compared to patients with non-inflammatory diseases.