Authors
Marieke B Snijder, Rob M van Dam, Marjolein Visser, Dorly JH Deeg, Jacqueline M Dekker, Lex M Bouter, Jaap C Seidell, Paul Lips
Publication date
2005/7/1
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume
90
Issue
7
Pages
4119-4123
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Objective: In small case-control studies, obesity was associated with worse vitamin D status. Our aim was to assess the association of adiposity (anthropometric measures as well as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) and serum PTH levels in a large population-based study including older men and women.
Methods: Subjects were participants of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam and were aged 65 yr and older. In 453 participants, serum 25-OH-D and PTH were determined, and body mass index, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, sum of skin folds, and total body fat percentage by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry were measured.
Results: After adjustment for potential confounders, higher body mass index, waist circumference, and sum of skin folds were statistically significantly associated with lower 25-OH-D (standardized β …
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