The Association between Vitamin D Levels and Handgrip Strength in Elderly Men
Author(s) -
Mehmet Zahid Koçak,
Gülali Aktaş,
Burçin Meryem Atak Tel,
Satılmış Bilgin,
Özge Kurtkulağı,
Tuba Taslamacıoğlu Duman,
Irem Emir Ozcil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta endocrinologica (bucharest)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1843-066X
pISSN - 1841-0987
DOI - 10.4183/aeb.2020.263
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , medicine , calcitriol receptor , endocrinology , weakness , vitamin d deficiency , sarcopenia , muscle weakness , vitamin , logistic regression , population , body mass index , surgery , environmental health
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that acts by binding to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) found in many tissues. According to the long-term mechanism, vitamin D causes the proliferation and differentiation of muscle cells by gene transcription.
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