Open AccessSUMMARY OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES OF THE RUSSIAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDOCRINOLOGISTS VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN ADULTS: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Author(s) -
Ekaterina Pigarova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
osteoporoz i osteopatii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-0716
pISSN - 2072-2680
DOI - 10.14341/osteo2015229-32
Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , diabetes mellitus , vitamin , pediatrics , endocrinology , physiology , pathology
Vitamin D belongs to the group of fat-soluble vitamins. It is naturally present in only a very limited amount of food, and the synthesis in the human body is possible only under certain conditions - when the UV rays of sunlight fall on the skin. National and foreign studies show that the insufficiency of vitamin D, defined as levels of 25(OH)D less than 30 ng/ml or less than 20 ng/ml, is widespread throughout the world. This publication is a shortened version of the guideline «Vitamin D deficiency in adults: diagnosis, treatment and prevention» which was approved on February 27th, 2015 at the session «National clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of endocrinopathies» at the VIIth All-Russian Congress of Diabetes.