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ArticleNutrients2019

High Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D in Institutionalized Elderly Individuals is Associated with Summer in a Region with High Ultraviolet Radiation Levels.

Sara Estéfani S Sousa, Márcia Cristina Sales, José Rodolfo T Araújo, Karine C M Sena-Evangelista, Kenio C Lima, Lucia F C Pedrosa

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Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara Estéfani S SousaPostgraduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Lagoa Nova, 59078970 Natal, RN, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8231-1643
Márcia Cristina SalesSchool of Medicine, State University of Roraima, Rua Sete de Setembro, 231, Canarinho, 69306530 Boa Vista, RR, Brazil.
José Rodolfo T AraújoPostgraduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rua General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, Petrópolis, 59010180 Natal, RN, Brazil.
Karine C M Sena-EvangelistaPostgraduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Lagoa Nova, 59078970 Natal, RN, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9729-1243
Kenio C LimaPostgraduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rua General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, Petrópolis, 59010180 Natal, RN, Brazil.
Lucia F C PedrosaPostgraduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Lagoa Nova, 59078970 Natal, RN, Brazil. lfcpedrosa@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5436-5115
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BRUniversidade Estadual de Roraima · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin D may play a significant role in regulating the rate of aging. The objective of the study was to assess vitamin D status and its associated factors in institutionalized elderly individuals. A total of 153 elderly individuals living in Nursing Homes (NH) were recruited into the study. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration was used as the biomarker of vitamin D status, and it was considered as the dependent variable in the model. The independent variables were the type of NH, age-adjusted time of institutionalization, age, sex, skin color, body mass index, waist and calf circumference, physical activity practice, mobility, dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium, vitamin D supplementation, use of antiepileptics, and season of the year. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations less than or equal to 29 ng/mL were classified as insufficient vitamin D status. The prevalences of inadequate dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium were 95.4% and 79.7%, respectively. The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D was 71.2%, and the mean serum concentration of 25(OH)D was 23.9 ng/mL (95% confidence interval [CI]: 22.8-26.1). Serum 25(OH)D concentration was associated with the season of summer (

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InstitutionalizationSeasonsSunlightUltraviolet RaysAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsBiomarkersBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHomes for the AgedHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalence25-hydroxyvitamin DBiomarkersVitamin Delderly individualsnursing homesvitamin D

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