Sentences with phrase «severity of their deficiency»

When relating the results of animal studies to human infants, important factors to consider include the choice of animal species for study, the stage of development (eg, prenatal or postnatal), and the duration and severity of deficiency or excessive intake.

The rate at which a person will experience these changes depends on the severity of their deficiency, as confirmed by a laboratory blood test.

Not exact matches

«Since a large proportion of vitamin A — deficient children and their mothers reside in rice - consuming populations, particularly in Asia, Golden Rice should substantially reduce the prevalence and severity of vitamin A deficiency, and prevent at least hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and cases of blindness every year,» said Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Vitamin A deficiency can result in visual or ocular malfunctions such as night blindness and xerophthalmia (1) and can reduce immune responsiveness (2), which can result in an increased incidence or severity of respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infections (3), and measles (4).

«Vitamin D deficiency does not increase risk and severity of obstructive sleep apnea.»

A recent study of elderly men found no evidence that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased in severity (or prevalence) as a result of vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin D deficiency is an independent risk factor for heart disease with lower levels of vitamin D being associated with a higher presence and severity of coronary artery disease, according to research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.

A progressive increase in heart disease was found according to the severity of vitamin D deficiency.

The level of deficiency and severity of the symptoms, along with age, height, and weight play a significant role in the doctor's dosage and treatment frequency determination.

The Vitamin D Council reports in a study from May 2014 that Vitamin D deficiency appears to be related to the severity of nearsightedness.

Children with asthma have lower vitamin A levels than children without asthma, and the degree of vitamin A deficiency they exhibit is directly proportional to the severity of their asthma.37, 38 In cell experiments, vitamin A eliminates the response of bronchial smooth muscle cells to growth factors that characterizes the asthmatic reaction39 and suppresses the activity of mast cells, which are involved in asthmatic or other reactions mediated by histamine or other inflammatory chemical messengers called leukotrienes.40 Consistent with studies in isolated cells, vitamin A deficiency causes asthmatic bronchial hyper - reactivity in live rats.41

If your migraines developed gradually with age, then bioidentical hormone therapy (BHRT) may help reduce the severity and frequency of your headaches by correcting hormone deficiencies that develop with age.

Symptoms and signs of hypothyroidism and their degree of severity may vary and depend on the duration and extent of thyroid hormone deficiency.

The signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism vary, depending on the severity of the hormone deficiency.

Additionally, copper dysregulation is a key factor in ADHD.40 Many studies likewise report a close association between zinc deficiency and clinical depression, with severity of symptoms inversely correlated with serum zinc levels.

Studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency is associated with the severity of hypothyroidism.

The signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism often take years to surface and are solely dependent upon the severity of hormone deficiency.

In all but three of the Comptroller audits, auditors exposed internal control deficiencies and various forms of mismanagement ranging in severity and form — from inappropriate trips to the Bahamas by charter school staff to undocumented spending of thousands of public dollars.

Age, weight, breed, and severity of the heart disease all factor into dietary restrictions and the types of nutritional deficiencies which may be contributing to the heart disease.

Closure of the epiphyses is delayed as long as 4 yr depending on the severity of the hormonal insufficiency and is caused by deficiencies of both thyroid - stimulating hormone and growth hormone.