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World J Hepatol. Feb 18, 2017; 9(5): 278-287
Published online Feb 18, 2017. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i5.278
Influence of vitamin D on liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the pooled clinical trials data
Alia S Dadabhai, Behnam Saberi, Katie Lobner, Russell T Shinohara, Gerard E Mullin
Alia S Dadabhai, Behnam Saberi, Katie Lobner, Gerard E Mullin, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
Russell T Shinohara, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Author contributions: Dadabhai AS, Saberi B and Mullin GE contributed equally to the data evaluation, manuscript preparation, editing, figures, and final submission; Shinohara RT provided biostatistics methodology oversight, data extractions and meta-analysis with pooled data figure preparation and manuscript preparation and editing; Lobner K provided informatics methodology support, conducted the literature search, and reviewed and edited the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at adadabh1@jhmi.edu.
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Correspondence to: Alia S Dadabhai, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Ave A504, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States. adadabh1@jhmi.edu
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Received: November 16, 2016
Peer-review started: November 21, 2016
First decision: December 1, 2016
Revised: December 14, 2016
Accepted: January 2, 2017
Article in press: January 3, 2017
Published online: February 18, 2017
Core Tip

Core tip: Vitamin D levels are associated with more advanced fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.