Can a questionnaire predict vitamin D status in postmenopausal women?

Our objective was to determine whether a questionnaire can identify individuals with vitamin D insufficiency (VDI). Women completed the Vitamin D & Sun (VIDSUN) questionnaire and we measured their serum 25-hydrocyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels. We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the ques...

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Published in:Public health nutrition 2014-04, Vol.17 (4), p.739-746
Main Authors: Nabak, Andrea C, Johnson, Rachael Erin, Keuler, Nicholas S, Hansen, Karen E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Bone density
Dietary Supplements
Disease
Environment. Living conditions
Female
Health care
HOT TOPIC – Public health nutrition aspects of vitamin D
Humans
Logistic Models
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nutrition research
Nutritional Status
Oophorectomy
Postmenopause - blood
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sunburn & sun tanning
Sunlight
Surveys and Questionnaires
Variables
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - administration & dosage
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D Deficiency - blood
Vitamin deficiency
Womens health
Young adults
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Summary:Our objective was to determine whether a questionnaire can identify individuals with vitamin D insufficiency (VDI). Women completed the Vitamin D & Sun (VIDSUN) questionnaire and we measured their serum 25-hydrocyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels. We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire to identify VDI (25(OH)D level
ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980013001973