Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Diseases: Insights from Professor Hye-ryeong Yoon’s Award-Winning Study

2024-04-22 05:23:00

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“Vitamin D deficiency leads to chronic diseases”… Professor Hye-ryeong Yoon of Ansan Hospital of Korea University receives an award from the Korean Society of Diagnostic Immunology

Journalist Seulbi Lee

Entered on 04/22/2024 at 2:23 p.m.

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Professor Hye-ryeong Yoon of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Ansan Hospital of Korea University recently won the Best Paper Award at the 2024 Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Diagnostic Immunology held in held at the Korea Science and Technology Center.

At this academic conference, Professor Hye-ryeong Yoon published a paper titled “Associations Between Vitamin D and Indicators of Common Chronic Diseases in Korean Adults”, which discussed obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, diabetes and the relationship between vitamin D and indicators of common chronic diseases such as depression have been identified and reported. The researchers used the results of 4,545 national health examinations to determine vitamin D deficiency status among Korean adults and examined the correlation with indicators of chronic diseases. As a result, it was confirmed that the lower the concentration of vitamin D, the higher the levels of indicators related to obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure and fatty liver.

Professor Yoon said: “Through this study in which a large number of subjects participated, we were able to discover that vitamin D deficiency is also linked to metabolic syndrome,” adding: “We are working to reveal a more pathophysiological pathway. clear by which vitamin D affects chronic diseases. » “I will continue,” he said. The article was published in “Laboratory Medicine Online,” the official journal of the Korean Society of Laboratory Medicine.

Meanwhile, the 2024 Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Diagnostic Immunology was held with the theme “Advancing Knowledge: Pioneering Discoveries in Diagnostic Immunology”. Prominent domestic medical researchers participated and lectured on the latest knowledge in diagnostic immunology, and shared their accumulated experience and knowledge of diagnostic immunology testing through general lectures and presentations. posters.

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