NCT01080950

Vitamin D Zinc Fever

Vitamin d and Zinc Levels in Patients With Fever

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Zinc and vitamin d deficiency are associated with a state of inflammation/atherosclerosis. There are studies demonstrating an association between vitamin d deficiency and respiratory illnesses. Both zinc and vitamin d are associated with oxidative stress and inflammation.

Detailed description

Both vit. d and zinc share anti inflammatory and anti oxidative actions. vit. d deficiency is associated with an increase in serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and decreased levels of anti inflammatory cytokines. there are reports concerning the association of vit. d deficiency with infections.

Conditions

• Sepsis
• Fever
• Vitamin D

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-03-01
• First posted: 2010-03-05
• Last updated: 2010-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel