Is there a relationship between body mass index and serum vitamin D levels?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1542-1546

  Al Elq, Abdulmohsen H ^a   Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Al Turki, Haifa A ^a   Al Mulhim, Fathma A ^a   Al Ali, Amein K ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 74749107853     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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