Effect of adiposity, season, diet and calcium or vitamin D supplementation on the vitamin D status of healthy urban African and Asian-Indian adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 590-599

  George, Jaya A ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a   Van Deventer, Hendrick E ^b   Pettifor, John M ^a   Crowther, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Calcium supplementation; Subcutaneous adiposity; Total body fat; Visceral adiposity; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; CALCIFEDIOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNICITY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AFRICAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM, DIETARY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84905594069     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514001202     Document Type: Article

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