Vitamin D deficiency and nutritional status in elderly hospitalized subjects in Iceland

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1001-1005

  Ramel, Alfons ^a   Jonsson, Palmi V ^a   Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ^a   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Nutritional status; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGING; BLOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67651068638     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008004527     Document Type: Article

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