Association between Vitamin D deficiency and the severity of chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis: systematic literature review

ABSTRACT

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is believed to cause variety of abnormalities such as liver stifihess and fibrosis. It is also shown that vitamin D deficiency may result in chronic liver disease or liver cirrhosis. In this study, we aimed to systematically review the literature wherein the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and the severity of chronic liver disease or liver cirrhosis had been investigated