Association of Vitamin D with adiposity measures and other determinants in a cross-sectional study of Cypriot adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-121

  Kolokotroni, Ourania ^a,b   Papadopoulou, Anna ^c   Yiallouros, Panayiotis K ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Kouta, Christiana ^a   Lamnisos, Demetris ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^c   Middleton, Nicos ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Adolescents; BMI; Body fat percentage; Predictors; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEASON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIFEDIOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84973434324     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003480     Document Type: Article

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