25-Hydroxyvitamin-D deficiency in chronic kidney disease stages III, IV, and V in South Asian population: a retrospective cohort.
Muhammad Raheel Abdul RazzaqueSameer Saleem TebhaAlaa TukrunaAabiya ArifLucas Marian KogutNasir Ali AfsarDania ShabbirZain Ali ZaidiPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2023)
All Chronic Kidney Disease patients in our study either had vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency. In addition, we observed a significant decrease in vitamin D levels from Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3 to stage 5. Greater serum phosphate levels were detected in stage 5 compared to stages 3A and 3B.