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The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationship between circulating 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and cardio‐metabolic risk factors in a large cohort of obese youth attending tertiary paediatric obesity services.

We conducted a retrospective cross‐sectional study. Data were retrospectively collected from all new consultations of children and adolescents attending obesity outpatient clinics between 2008 and 2011 at the two major paediatric hospitals in Melbourne, Australia. Information collected included demographics, anthropometry, blood pressure, pubertal staging, body composition and fasting serum levels of 25(OH)D, glucose, insulin, cholesterol, triglyceride, high‐density lipoprotein, liver function, calcium and phosphate.

25(OH)D data were available in 229 patients (age 3–18 years; 116 men; mean (standard deviation) body mass index ( BMI) Z‐score 2.5 (0.5) ). One …