Vitamin D Replacement Effect on Platelet Counts.

What Was Tested

This observational study looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

To determine the effect of vitamin D treatment on platelet counts according to age groups in patients with vitamin D deficiency.

Why It Was Studied

Outpatient Clinics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lokman Hekim University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey from January 1st to December 31st, 2020.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 1,230 participants were involved.

The age groups tagged for this paper are teenagers, young adults, adults and middle-aged adults.

A total of 1,230 participants, who were treated for vitamin D deficiency after admission to hospital for various reasons, were enrolled.

Participants were divided into three groups according to ages: 18 to 30 (Group 1), 30 to 50 (Group 2), and greater than 50 years (Group 3).

How the Study Was Run

Complete blood count parameters and vitamin D level data before and after vitamin D replacement treatment were compared.

What Was Measured

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Leukocyte Count, Mean Platelet Volume, Platelet Count, Vitamin D and Vitamin D Deficiency.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 1,230 participants.

With several hundred people or more, it is a fairly large study for this kind of research.

Its findings take up roughly 7 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2021 (Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP), a journal based in Pakistan.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.