Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5912393 | Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Our findings demonstrate no difference in the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency between childhood and adult-onset demyelinating disease, suggesting age at disease onset is irrelevant to vitamin D status in demyelinating disease. Both race and obesity are independent factors associated with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency, regardless of age of disease onset. Obesity, independent of gender, is significantly higher in children compared to adult patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and may have a role in the development of childhood-onset demyelinating disease.
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Authors
J. Nicholas Brenton, Scott Koenig, Myla D. Goldman,