Erratum: Vitamin D Deficiency and Increased Risk of Bladder Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis Zhang H. Wen X. Zhang Y. Wei X. Liu T. 10.6084/m9.figshare.5241838.v1 https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Erratum_Vitamin_D_Deficiency_and_Increased_Risk_of_Bladder_Carcinoma_A_Meta-Analysis/5241838 <b><i>Background/Aims: </i></b>Vitamin D status in relation to bladder carcinoma risk was still inconsistent. This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D status and bladder carcinoma risk through a meta-analysis approach. <b><i>Methods: </i></b>Pubmed, Web of Science, CNKI, and Embase were searched systemically to find eligible studies from the earliest available date to April 16, 2015. The search terms “vitamin D”, “25-hydroxyvitamin D”, “bladder cancer” or “bladder carcinoma” were used to retrieve relevant studies. The exposure of interest was intake of vitamin D or serum vitamin D levels, and the outcome of interest was bladder carcinoma incidence or mortality. The pooled risk ratio (RR) values and their 95%CIs were calculated through meta-analysis. <b><i>Results: </i></b>Seven studies with a total of 62,141 participants met the inclusion criteria and were finally included into the meta-analysis. There was no heterogeneity among those included studies (I<sup>2</sup> = 0%, P = 0.53). The pooled RR of bladder carcinoma for the lowest category versus the highest category of vitamin D was 1.34 (95% CI 1.17-1.53, P < 0.0001). Sensitivity analysis by omitting one study by turns showed all the pooled RRs were statistically significant. Meta-analysis of 5 studies reporting outcomes of serum vitamin D levels also showed that the low serum vitamin D level was associated with increased risk of bladder carcinoma (RR = 1.32, 95%CI 1.15-1.52, P = 0.0001). No obvious risk of publication bias was observed. <b><i>Conclusion: </i></b>Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of bladder carcinoma in present study. 2017-07-25 13:58:39 Vitamin D Bladder carcinoma Meta-analysis