BACKGROUND It is well established that weight is an important determinant of bone health. Whereas obesity is associated with increased mortality and morbidity from diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, high body weight is widely believed to be associated to hypovitaminosis D and protective against the development of osteoporosis and fracture risk. The objective of the study was to evaluate the ...

OBJECTIVE to assess the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in a falls clinic population. To identify simple clinical predictors of vitamin D insufficiency. DESIGN prospective observational descriptive study. PARTICIPANTS 400 consecutive patients who attended a falls clinic taking referrals from a casualty department or general practitioners. RESULTS Hypovitaminosis D is very common, af...

Background: Hypovitaminosis D (serum concentration of 25(OH)D 5 yrs children. The odds association (odds ratio or OR = 0.19) rural population with is lower than urban population. formula fed children had less chance (OR 0.32) developing hypovitaminosis in comparison to exclusively breastfed babies. Occasional Sun exposed group was 1.40 times more likely develop daily sun exposure group. were 1....

although there is evidence that vitamin d deficiency leads to the development of several cancers, including colorectal cancer, research has shown gaps in establishing a relationship between hypovitaminosis d and the incidence of colorectal cancer. there are controversial reports and inadequate scientific evidence about the role of age and race-specific dosage of vitamin d supplementation for ch...