Vitamin D deficiency and high serum IL-6 concentration as risk factors for tubal factor infertility in Chinese women.

Journal: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
PMID: 29571607

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] and female infertility and to further explore the role of inflammatory cytokines.

Authors

  • Weiwei Chen
    Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai, China.
  • Xianting Jiao
    MOE-Shanghai Key Lab of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Jun Zhang
    First School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
  • Lei Wang
    Department of Nursing, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Xiaodan Yu
    Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: Xd_yu2003@126.com.

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