Open AccessPredictors of vitamin D biochemical status in a large sample of middle-aged male smokers in Finland
Author(s) -
Kaye Brock,
Barry I. Graubard,
David R. Fraser,
Stephanie J. Weinstein,
R Z Stolzenberg-Solomon,
Unhee Lim,
Joseph A. Tangrea,
Jarmo Virtamo,
Ke Liang,
Kirk Snyder,
Demetrius Albanês
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1476-5640
pISSN - 0954-3007
DOI - 10.1038/ejcn.2009.137
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin , environmental health , gerontology , physiology , demography , calorie , vitamin d and neurology , middle age , body mass index , sociology
As vitamin D deficiency is considered to be more common in regions with little solar ultraviolet (UV) light in winter, the aim of this study was to analyze predictors of vitamin D status by season within a large sample of male smokers from Finland, a country where there is negligible solar UV light in winter.