Vitamin D Intake and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Carla Moreira,
Pedro Moreira,
Sandra Abreu,
Paula Clara Santos,
Isabel Moreira-Silva,
Susana Póvoas,
Jorge Mota,
Rute Santos
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
metabolic syndrome and related disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1557-8518
pISSN - 1540-4196
DOI - 10.1089/met.2013.0065
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , quartile , vitamin d and neurology , anthropometry , cardiorespiratory fitness , odds ratio , body mass index , population , endocrinology , cross sectional study , physiology , confidence interval , environmental health , pathology
A growing body of research suggests that vitamin D might play an important role in overall health. No data exist on vitamin D intake for the Azorean adolescent population. The purpose of this study was to assess vitamin D intake and investigate a possible association between vitamin D intake and cardiometabolic risk factors in Azorean adolescents.
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