Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Ataxia-Telangiectasia: A Systematic Review and Single Arm Meta-Analysis
Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Muteeba Azhar, Hammad Javaid, Amina Hassan, Ayesha Masood, Michele Menotta · 2026
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Muhammad Junaid Iqbal and co-authors published a review in 2026 on vitamin D shortage in ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare disorder that affects movement, immunity, and other body systems. Short reports had flagged low vitamin D in these patients, but no pooled figure existed. The team combined the published studies that measured blood vitamin D.
Only four studies were found. Pooling them, 50.8 percent of patients fell below the shortage cut point, and 26.8 percent were severely low. Another 21.9 percent had levels in the borderline range, while 38.1 percent had enough. The average level was 19.65 units on the scale used. The authors urge routine checks of vitamin D in these patients and better planned studies.
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| CREATOR | Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Muteeba Azhar, Hammad Javaid, Amina Hassan, Ayesha Masood, Michele Menotta |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31368 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |