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At the end of the winter we screened for the occurrence of respiratory infections and sought associations with vitamin D status.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012000158_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Bucharest, Romania, 45\u00b0N.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012000158_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred and ten healthy hospital employees.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012000158_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eighty per cent of participants were vitamin D deficient (25(OH)D level below 50 nmol\/l). The main determinant of serum 25(OH)D was sun exposure during the summer previous to the study (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b702 in multivariate analysis). Intake of vitamin D, BMI and age played no significant role for the level of 25(OH)D. Overall we found a non-significant negative correlation between 25(OH)D level and new cases of infection (Spearman correlation coefficient of \u22120\u00b712,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b72).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012000158_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Vitamin D status is alarmingly poor in active, relatively young women residing in Romania. If our results are reproduced by other investigations, action to improve vitamin D status at the population level is necessary. 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