Association of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with the frailty syndrome in an aged population: Results from the KORA-Age Augsburg study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 258-264

  Pabst, G ^a,b   Zimmermann, A K ^a   Huth, C ^a,c   Koenig, W ^d   Ludwig, T ^a   Zierer, A ^a   Peters, A ^a   Thorand, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; frailty; KORA Age; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PARATHYROID HORMONE; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAILTY SYNDROME; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SLOWNESS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84925511212     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0546-9     Document Type: Article

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