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Vitamin D status and bone mineral density in the Chinese population: a review.
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- Prevalence of Vitamin D Hypovitaminosis in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Routine Clinical Examinations.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Accelerated bone loss in late reproductive-aged and perimenopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2025Article
- Is it advisable for Asians to drink milk, especially those at risk of osteoporosis?Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Prevalence and risk factors of osteopenia in adults with short bowel syndrome: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of Isoflavonoid and Vitamin D Synergism on Bone Mineral Density-A Systematic and Critical Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Relationship between geriatric nutritional risk index and osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes in Northern China.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Article
- Osteoporosis Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Colorectal Adenoma and High-Risk Adenoma: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Study.Gut and liver · 2022Article
- The Role of Micronutrients in Ageing Asia: What Can Be Implemented with the Existing Insights.Nutrients · 2021Review
- A Nonlinear Relationship Between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Urine Albumin to Creatinine Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Article
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- Vitamin D Status and Survival in Stage II-III Colorectal Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- The Effect of Clothing on Vitamin D Status, Bone Turnover Markers, and Bone Mineral Density in Young Kuwaiti Females.International journal of endocrinology · 2019Article
- Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and diabetic kidney disease in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.PloS one · 2019Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Autoantibodies and Qualitative Ultrasound Index of Bone in an Elderly Sample without Clinical Autoimmune Disease.Journal of immunology research · 2018Article
- Nutrition assessment of vitamin A and vitamin D in northeast Chinese population based-on SPE/UPLC/PDA.BMC nutrition · 2018Article
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Abstract
unlabelledLow vitamin D status is associated with low bone mass which, in turn, is an important predictor of fracture. However, data on this relationship in non-Caucasian populations are scarce. This review shows such an association in the Chinese population in five of the 11 included studies.
introductionIn the elderly population, the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration is often inadequate. This may cause a lower bone mineral density (BMD), which is an important predictor of fracture. It is estimated that by 2050 more than half of all hip fractures worldwide will occur in Asia. However, data on the relationship between vitamin D status and BMD in a non-Caucasian population are scarce. Therefore, this study reviews the literature on the relationship between serum 25(OH)D and BMD in the Chinese population.
methodsA search was made in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library (up to December 2014) to identify relevant studies using the terms vitamin D status, bone mineral density, and Chinese.
resultsOf the 293 studies identified, 11 fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were analyzed. Mean serum 25(OH)D concentrations ranged from 29-82 nmol/L. In 5 of the 11 studies, an association was found between vitamin D status and BMD in the Chinese population.
conclusionThe evidence for a relationship between the serum 25(OH)D concentration and BMD in the middle-aged and elderly Chinese population living in Asia appears to be limited and inconsistent.
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