Vitamin D level, lipid profile, and vitamin D receptor and transporter gene variants in sickle cell disease patients from Kurdistan of Iraq.

Abdalla Hussein HamaEbrahim ShakibaZohreh RahimiMehran KarimiHadi MozafariOmed Adnan Abdulkarim

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2021)

In the present study, we found hypocholesterolemia, high prevalence of VDR FokI C allele, and low vitamin D levels among children and adults with SCD from Kurdistan of Iraq.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
end stage renal disease
copy number
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
young adults
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
genome wide
patient reported outcomes