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Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, January 2017
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Title
Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12877-016-0405-0
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Isolde Sommer, Ursula Griebler, Christina Kien, Stefanie Auer, Irma Klerings, Renate Hammer, Peter Holzer, Gerald Gartlehner

Abstract

Sunlight exposure and high vitamin D status have been hypothesised to reduce the risk of developing dementia. The objective of our research was to determine whether lack of sunlight and hypovitaminosis D over time are associated with dementia. We systematically searched MEDLINE (via PubMed), Cochrane Library, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, ICONDA, and reference lists of pertinent review articles from 1990 to October 2015. We conducted random effects meta-analyses of published and unpublished data to evaluate the influence of sunlight exposure or vitamin D as a surrogate marker on dementia risk. We could not identify a single study investigating the association between sunlight exposure and dementia risk. Six cohort studies provided data on the effect of serum vitamin D concentration on dementia risk. A meta-analysis of five studies showed a higher risk for persons with serious vitamin D deficiency (<25 nmol/L or 7-28 nmol/L) compared to persons with sufficient vitamin D supply (≥50 nmol/L or 54-159 nmol/L) (point estimate 1.54; 95% CI 1.19-1.99, I(2) = 20%). The strength of evidence that serious vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of developing dementia, however, is very low due to the observational nature of included studies and their lack of adjustment for residual or important confounders (e.g. ApoE ε4 genotype), as well as the indirect relationship between Vitamin D concentrations as a surrogate for sunlight exposure and dementia risk. The results of this systematic review show that low vitamin D levels might contribute to the development of dementia. Further research examining the direct and indirect relationship between sunlight exposure and dementia risk is needed. Such research should involve large-scale cohort studies with homogeneous and repeated assessment of vitamin D concentrations or sunlight exposure and dementia outcomes.

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Unknown 205 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 36 18%
Student > Master 32 16%
Researcher 20 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 8%
Other 13 6%
Other 34 17%
Unknown 53 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 53 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 24 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 6%
Psychology 9 4%
Neuroscience 9 4%
Other 35 17%
Unknown 63 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 194. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 December 2023.
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