ArticlePaediatrics & child health2017
Overweight and obesity are associated with lower vitamin D status in Canadian children and adolescents.
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- Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Children.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Vitamin D in physiological and pathological aging: Lesson from centenarians.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2019Review
- Role of Hypovitaminosis D in the Pathogenesis of Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Bone Health, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Black Preadolescent Children in South Africa.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with triceps skin fold thickness and body fat percentage but not with body mass index or waist circumference in Han Chinese.Lipids in health and disease · 2019Article
- Vitamin D and Metabolic Diseases: Growing Roles of Vitamin D.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2018Review
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Abstract
introductionThere is evidence that 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are lower in overweight and obese youth. This study examined the relationship between weight status and 25-hydroxyvitamin D, while controlling for confounders, in Canadian youth.
methodsPlasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D from subjects aged 6 to 17 years from the Canadian Health Measures Survey cycles 1 (2007 to 2009) and 2 (2009 to 2011) was used. Sex-specific multiple linear regression and logistic regressions examined the relationship of overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥ 85
resultsThe prevalence of risk of vitamin D deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D < 30 nmol/L) was 6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.26% to 10.12%). Vitamin D inadequacy, estimated by levels <40 nmol/L, was 15% (95% CI 10.34% to 20.39%; 19% [95% CI 13.1 to 25.6] for teenagers). Seventy per cent (95% CI 63.59 to 75.17) had levels >50 nmol/L, consistent with achieving the Recommended Dietary Allowance. In adjusted analyses, overweight/obesity (1/3 of subjects) was independently associated with lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D for both sexes after adjustment for age, race, income, season, vitamin D supplementation and daily milk consumption. For 25-hydroxyvitamin D <40 nmol/L, the overweight/obese odds ratio for males was 2.63 (95% CI 1.34 to 5.18). For 25-hydroxyvitamin D <50 nmol/L, overweight/obese odds ratios were 2.19 (95% CI 1.46 to 3.28) for males and 1.39 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.84) for females.
conclusionsThis study confirms the inverse association between adiposity and serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Canadian youth and the independent association of overweight/obesity to 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and vitamin D status after adjustment for other factors.
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