Increased vitamin D supplementation recommended during summer season in the gulf region: A counterintuitive seasonal effect in vitamin D levels in adult, overweight and obese Middle Eastern residents

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-350

  Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a,b   Al Attas, Omar S ^a,b   Alokail, Majed S ^a,b   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^a,b,c   El Kholie, Emad ^a   Yousef, Mansour ^d   Al Othman, Abdulaziz ^e   Al Saleh, Yousef ^b,f   Sabico, Shaun ^a   Kumar, Sudhesh ^f   Chrousos, George P ^a,g,h  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^g Clinical Sciences Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863011591     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04219.x     Document Type: Article

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