Abstract:ABSTRACT… Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is pretty common among the patients with CKD some studies suggesting it to be starting from CKD 3 when the egfr start falling from 60 ml/min. The cause can be due to different reasons including race, obesity, nutrition, lack of exposure to sun, and not the least, decrease in 1,alpha hydroxylase once the gfr starts to fall significantly. Objectives: The hypothesis was that lower Vitamin D level will be associated with increased inflammatory burden and decreased immun… Show more
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