Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month: Focus on Vitamin D and RA
Is vitamin D supplementation warranted in patients at risk for rheumatoid arthritis?
Reference1. Brink M, Johansson L, Nygren E, et al. Vitamin D in individuals before onset of rheumatoid arthritis - relation to vitamin D binding protein and its associated genetic variants. BMC Rheum. 2018;2:26. doi.org/10.1186/s41927-018-0033-8.
Brink and colleagues in Sweden found no link between vitamin D and the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, they did observe that increased levels of vitamin D–binding protein in a small portion of women raise the risk of RA.1 Scroll through the slides for the details of the study and the take-home points for physicians.
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RA, rheumatoid arthritis.
Vitamin D influences immune cells such as T, B, and dendritic cells.
DBP, vitamin D–binding protein.
BMI, body mass index; CCP, cyclic citrullinated peptide; DBP, vitamin D–binding protein; RF, rheumatoid factor.
BMI, body mass index; DBP, vitamin D–binding protein; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.
