Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D)< 50 nmol/L or 20 ng/mL) is
common in Europe and the Middle East. It occurs in< 20% of the population in Northern …

Vitamin D is essential for calcium and bone homeostasis. Humans are largely dependent on
UVB-radiation-induced photosynthesis of vitamin D, as few foods contain vitamin D …

Vitamin D status and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency have been
addressed in many studies covering all continents. Vitamin D deficiency, defined as a serum …

This review describes the vitamin D status in different regions of the world with the objective
of understanding the scope of hypovitaminosis D and the factors related to its prevalence …

Vitamin D deficiency is common in the elderly, especially in the housebound and in geriatric
patients. The establishment of strict diagnostic criteria is hampered by differences in assay …

Vitamin D status is highly different in various countries of Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
For this review, vitamin D deficiency is defined as serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D)< …

Fundamento: El 90% de las fracturas de cadera (FC) ocurren en mayores de 64 años.
Pretendemos describir las características epidemiológicas de los ancianos con FC en lo …

Vitamin D is produced endogenously when the skin is exposed to sunlight and can be
obtained exogenously from a few natural food sources, from food fortification and from …

Obesity is associated with low concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D]. However,
conflicting results have been found regarding the relationship of 25 (OH) D with …

To evaluate a possible relationship between vitamin D levels and bone mineral density
(BMD) and the prevalence of hypovitaminosis in a population of postmenopausal women …