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Deficient serum 25\u2010hydroxyvitamin <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">25(OH)D<\/jats:styled-content>) levels have been noted in some patients with autoimmune diseases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To evaluate serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels in vitiligo patients with and without systemic autoimmune diseases.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A case\u2010control study was conducted on 40 vitiligo patients (20 patients with systemic autoimmune diseases and 20 patients without autoimmune diseases) and 40 age\u2010, gender\u2010 and skin phototype\u2010matched healthy controls. Serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> was measured in all subjects, divided into: normal or sufficient (\u2265\u200930\u2009ng\/ml), insufficient (&lt;\u200930\u2013&gt;\u200920\u2009ng\/ml) and deficient (\u2264\u200920\u2009ng\/ml) levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>One patient with vitiligo (2.5%) versus 33 healthy controls (82.5%) have sufficient serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels while 39 patients (97.5%) versus 5 controls (12.5%) have deficient 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels with significantly lower serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels in patients compared to controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2010value\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The other 2 healthy controls have insufficient 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels. Patients with vitiligo and autoimmune diseases have lower serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels than vitiligo patients without autoimmune diseases but with no significant difference. No significant correlations existed between age of the patients, duration of vitiligo, duration of associated autoimmune diseases, affected body surface area and serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels of patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Deficient serum 25(<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OH)D<\/jats:styled-content> levels are present in vitiligo patients with and without systemic autoimmune diseases. Accordingly, screening for vitamin <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content> deficiency seems of value in vitiligo patients for the possibility of vitamin <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content> supplementation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/phpp.12016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,3]],"date-time":"2013-01-03T07:00:27Z","timestamp":1357196427000},"page":"34-40","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Evaluation of serum 25\u2010hydroxyvitamin <scp>D<\/scp> levels in vitiligo patients with and without autoimmune diseases"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Hanan M. A.","family":"Saleh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University  Cairo Egypt"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nermeen S. 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