Association of body fat and vitamin D status and the effect of body fat on the response to vitamin D supplementation in Pakistani immigrants in Denmark

Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are both prevalent conditions in the northern countries, especially among immigrants. The aims were to assess the possible relationship between body fat and vitamin D status, and to investigate the effect of body fat on the response to oral vitamin D supplementation...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2015-03, Vol.69 (3), p.405-407
Main Authors: Grønborg, I M, Lundby, I M, Mølgaard, C, Jakobsen, J, Ovesen, L, Andersen, R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adipose tissue
Adipose Tissue - metabolism
Adult
Body Composition
Body fat
Calciferol
Cholecalciferol - pharmacology
Cholecalciferol - therapeutic use
Clinical Nutrition
Denmark
Dietary Supplements
Double-Blind Method
Emigrants and Immigrants
Epidemiology
Ethnicity
Female
Food and nutrition
Humans
Immigrants
Internal Medicine
Linear Models
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Middle Aged
Noncitizens
Obesity
Obesity - blood
Obesity - complications
Obesity - ethnology
Pakistan
Physiological aspects
Public Health
Regression models
Risk factors
short-communication
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D Deficiency - blood
Vitamin D Deficiency - complications
Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy
Vitamin D Deficiency - ethnology
Vitamin D3
Vitamin deficiency
Vitamins - pharmacology
Vitamins - therapeutic use
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Summary:Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are both prevalent conditions in the northern countries, especially among immigrants. The aims were to assess the possible relationship between body fat and vitamin D status, and to investigate the effect of body fat on the response to oral vitamin D supplementation in Pakistani immigrants in Denmark. Data were obtained from a 1-year double-blind randomised controlled trial with oral vitamin D supplementation. A total of 122 women and men received either vitamin D 3 supplementation (10 or 20 μg/day) or placebo. No association was found between body fat percentage and vitamin D status in a multiple linear regression model ( P
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/ejcn.2014.254