Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	31329
Country	United States

Received	2016-11-11 09:38
Peer-Review Started	2016-11-13 13:34
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2016-12-19 15:57
Revised	2017-03-07 10:21
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2017-03-13 13:23
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2017-03-15 12:22
Articles in Press	2017-03-15 12:22
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2017-03-23 16:26
Publish the Manuscript Online	2017-04-14 18:51

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Impact of vitamin D on the hospitalization rate of Crohn's disease patients seen at a tertiary care center
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Krishna VR Venkata, Sumant S Arora, Feng-Long Xie and Talha A Malik
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Krishna VR Venkata, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Montgomery Health Center, 2055 E. South Blvd, Suite 200, Montgomery, Al 36116, United States. klakshmi@uabmc.edu
Key Words	Crohn’s disease; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency; Hospitalization rate; Inflammatory bowel disease
Core Tip	Growing body of epidemiological evidence supports a key role of vitamin D deficiency not just in inflammatory bowel disease development but also on Crohn’s disease (CD) severity. Our study sought to test the hypothesis that adequate vitamin D levels have a protective role in the clinical course of CD in terms of a decreased likelihood of hospitalization. Our results are clinically important as they suggest potentially worse outcomes in CD patients with low vitamin D levels as reflected by a numerically increased rate of hospitalization in this group.
Publish Date	2017-04-14 18:51
Citation	Venkata KVR, Arora SS, Xie FL, Malik TA. Impact of vitamin D on the hospitalization rate of Crohn’s disease patients seen at a tertiary care center. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(14): 2539-2544
URL	http://www.wjgnet. com/1007-9327/full/v23/i14/2539.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i14.2539

Full Article (PDF)	WJG-23-2539.pdf
Full Article (Word)	WJG-23-2539.doc
Manuscript File	31329-Review.docx
Answering Reviewers	31329-Answering reviewers.pdf
Audio Core Tip	31329-Audio core tip.mp3
Biostatistics Review Certificate	31329-Biostatistics statement.pdf
Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Form	31329-Conflict-of-interest statement.pdf
Copyright License Agreement	31329-Copyright assignment.pdf
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Institutional Review Board Approval Form or Document	31329-Institutional review board statement.pdf
Peer-review Report	31329-Peer-review(s).pdf
Scientific Misconduct Check	31329-Scientific misconduct check.pdf
Scientific Editor Work List	31329-Scientific editor work list.pdf