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Introduction of oral vitamin D supplementation and the rise of the allergy pandemic

Overview of attention for article published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, November 2009
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Title
Introduction of oral vitamin D supplementation and the rise of the allergy pandemic
Published in
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, November 2009
DOI 10.1186/1710-1492-5-8
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Authors

Matthias Wjst

Abstract

The history of the allergy pandemic is well documented, enabling us to put the vitamin D hypothesis into its historical context. The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence of rickets, vitamin D supply, and allergy prevalence at 50-year intervals by means of a retrospective analysis of the literature since 1880. English cities in 1880 were characterized by an extremely high rickets prevalence, the beginning of commercial cod liver oil production, and the near absence of any allergic diseases. By 1930 hay fever prevalence had risen to about 3% in English-speaking countries where cod liver oil was preferentially used for the treatment of rickets. In 1980 vitamin D was used nation-wide in all industrialized countries as supplement to industrial baby food, thus eradicating nearly all cases of rickets. At the same time the allergy prevalence reached an all-time high, affecting about 30% of the population. Time trends are therefore compatible with the vitamin D hypothesis although direct conclusions cannot be drawn. It is interesting, however, to note that there are at least two earlier research papers linking synthesized vitamin D intake and allergy (Reed 1930 and Selye 1962) published prior to the modern vitamin D hypothesis first proposed in 1999.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Australia 1 3%
Unknown 31 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 7 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 15%
Researcher 5 15%
Other 2 6%
Professor 2 6%
Other 11 33%
Unknown 1 3%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 52%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 4 12%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 December 2023.
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#1,116,834
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#53
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#4,134
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#2
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