The association of frailty with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone levels in older European men
Author(s) -
Abdelouahid Tajar,
David M. Lee,
Stephen R. Pye,
Matthew O’Connell,
Rathi Ravindrarajah,
Evelien Gielen,
Steven Boonen,
Dirk Vanderschueren,
Neil Pendleton,
Joseph D. Finn,
G. Bártfai,
Felipe F. Casanueva,
G. Forti,
Aleksander Giwercman,
Thang S. Han,
Ilpo Huhtaniemi,
Krzysztof Kula,
M. E. J. Lean,
Margus Punab,
F.C.W. Wu,
Terence W O’Neill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs162
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , odds ratio , confounding , parathyroid hormone , confidence interval , logistic regression , vitamin d deficiency , sarcopenia , endocrinology , gastroenterology , calcium
he link between the vitamin D endocrine axis and frailty remains undefined, with few studies examining the joint effect of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Our objective was to determine the association of frailty with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and PTH.
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