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ArticleActa endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)

CORRELATIONS OF SERUM VITAMIN D WITH METABOLIC PARAMETERS IN ADULT OUTPATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF OVERWEIGHT / OBESITY COMING FROM AN URBAN COMMUNITY.

M G Nikolova, M A Boyanov, A D Tsakova

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Article in Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M G NikolovaSofia Medicine University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
M A BoyanovSofia Medicine University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria.
A D TsakovaSofia Medicine University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory and Clinical Immunology, "Aleksandrovska" University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria.
National Center of Hygiene Medical Ecology and Nutrition · BG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the correlations between serum 25(OH) vitamin D and anthropometric and metabolic parameters in adult outpatients of both sexes with different BMI coming from an urban community. SUBJECTS AND

methods264 subjects referred for obesity assessment participated - 109 men and 155 women (20-60 years). Body weight and height, waist circumference (WC), blood pressure were recorded. Body composition was assessed by bioelectrical impedance (BIA) on a Tanita BC 420 MA analyzer (Tanita Inc., Japan). Serum 25(OH)D Total, Insulin, High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, blood glucose, total, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were measured. The insulin resistance index was calculated (HOMA-IR). Participants with BMI>25.0 kg/m

resultsNormal weight was found in 27.2 % of the participants, 24.6 % had overweight, 29.2 % -class I obesity, and 18.9 % - class II or III. Vitamin D was weakly and inversely correlated to different variables in the whole group - such as weight, WC, WC/Height, % body fat and HOMA-IR index (r=-0.231, -0.283, -0.307, -0.339, -0.328 respectively, all p<0.001). Building subgroups based on BMI led to loss of significance. Backward analysis revealed Total-C/LDL-C ratio, and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio as strongest predictors of serum vitamin D (p=0.001; R2=0.204).

conclusionThe association of vitamin D with blood pressure, plasma lipids, glucose and insulin is very weak on an individual level. However, several obesity indices (WC, WC/height ratio, % Body fat from BIA) might be used as a screening tool for subjects at risk for vitamin D deficiency.

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body compositionmetabolism parametersobesityvitamin D

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PMID31149286
PMCPMC6525776
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