Dimension EXL Vitamin D Total Assay

Demand for vitamin D testing continues to grow, prompted by emerging research on the importance of vitamin D to wellness. Recent studies show that globally, over one billion people are vitamin D-deficient², and deficiency rates have increased as people have limited their sun exposure due to the risk of skin cancer.

Vitamin D deficiency has long been associated with rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, and long-term insufficiency of calcium and vitamin D leads to osteoporosis. However, in recent years, vitamin D has become an assay of general health status, and there have been multiple publications linking vitamin D deficiency to several disease states, such as cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases³.

Measurement of total vitamin D can aid in the correct interpretation of patients’ overall health status.