Development and external validation of a machine learning model to predict bronchopulmonary dysplasia using dynamic factors
autoimmune interstitial lung disease :: Article Creator Vitamin D Deficiency May Hasten Autoimmune Lung Disease Patients with autoimmune interstitial lung disease (ILD) — a frequently fatal chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that causes scarring of the lungs — often have vitamin D deficiencies, and researchers from the University of Cincinnati believe this may affect the disease's pathogenesis. In a study published in the Jan. 4 issue of Chest, researchers analyzed serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in 118 patients from the center to determine whether vitamin D levels influenced disease progression. Among study participants, 67 had connective tissue disease, whereas 51 patients had other causes of lung fibrosis. "Since vitamin D has implications in other manifestations of autoimmune illnesses [including type 1 diabetes], we wanted to see if it had an effect on the lungs of this patient population," Brent Kinder, MD, the directo...