Open AccessVitamin D Status Predicts Physical Performance and Its Decline in Older Persons
Author(s) -
Ilse Wicherts,
Natasja M. van Schoor,
A. J. P. Boeke,
Marjolein Visser,
Dorly J. H. Deeg,
Johannes H. Smit,
Dirk L. Knol,
Paul Lips
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-1525
Subject(s) - confidence interval , medicine , confounding , odds ratio , vitamin d and neurology , body mass index , demography , cross sectional study , vitamin d deficiency , population , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Vitamin D deficiency is common among older people and can cause mineralization defects, bone loss, and muscle weakness.
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