ArticleThe Journal of investigative dermatology2015
Determinants of vitamin D status in Caucasian adults: influence of sun exposure, dietary intake, sociodemographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and genetic factors.
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Association between Polymorphisms in Vitamin D Pathway-Related Genes, Vitamin D Status, Muscle Mass and Function: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Genetic Variants Shaping Inter-individual Differences in Response to Dietary Intakes-A Narrative Review of the Case of Vitamins.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of vitamin D status in southern European countries.European journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Pharmacokinetics of a New Pharmaceutical Form of Vitamin D3 100,000 IU in Soft Capsule.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Plasma Vitamin D and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Insights from the Longitudinal ALIENOR Study.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Association of vitamin D with sepsis incidence and mortality: a large population-based prospective cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Article
- Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and respiratory infections in US preschool children: a population-based study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- The therapeutic potential of vitamin D supplementation in asthma.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2025Review
- The decline of vitamin D in adolescent athletes: insights from a one-year follow-up and its association with electrocardiographic changes.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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- The relationship between physical activity levels and serum vitamin D levels varies among children and adolescents in different age groups.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Relationship between vitamin D, iron, and hepcidin in premenopausal females, potentially confounded by ethnicity.European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (TG2A) positivity and the risk of vitamin D deficiency among children - a cross-sectional study in the generation R cohort.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Research Trends of Vitamin D Metabolism Gene Polymorphisms Based on a Bibliometric Investigation.Genes · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency and Their Relative Importance among Indian Adolescents: An Application of Dominance Analysis.International journal of endocrinology · 2023Article
- Case-control study of serum vitamin D concentrations in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and hospitalised controls suffering with respiratory tract infections of differing aetiology.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Article
- Pleiotropic Effects of Vitamin D in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Association between Blood Vitamin D Levels and Regular Physical Activity in Korean Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Very few studies have investigated the determinants of serum vitamin D levels using a set of variables that include simultaneously sun exposure, phototype, dietary intake, sociodemographics, anthropometric, lifestyle data, and genetic polymorphisms. Our objective was to investigate the associations between all these parameters and vitamin D status in a large sample of French adults. This cross-sectional survey was based on 1,828 middle-aged Caucasian adults from the SU.VI.MAX (SUpplémentation en VItamines et Minéraux AntioXydants) study. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration was lower among women (P<0.0001), older subjects (P=0.04), obese/underweight (P<0.0001), those living at higher latitudes (P<0.0001), those whose blood draw occurred in early spring (P<0.0001), less physically active (P<0.0001), with low sun exposure (P<0.0001), and with no-to-low alcohol intake (P=0.0001). Mutant GC rs4588 and rs7041 single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with lower and higher 25OHD concentrations, respectively (P<0.0001). Dietary intake was not a major determinant of vitamin D status (P=0.7). This study provides an overall picture of determinants of vitamin D status. Several modifiable factors were identified, such as daily-life moderate sun exposure, physical activity, and normal-weight maintenance, which should be targeted by public health policies in order to improve vitamin D status in the general population, while avoiding active/intensive sun exposure, in line with recommendations for skin cancer prevention.
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