Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic?
2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 103; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3945/ajcn.115.120873
ISSN1938-3207
AutoresKevin D. Cashman, Kirsten G. Dowling, Zuzana Škrabáková, Marcela González‐Gross, Jara Valtueña, Stefaan De Henauw, Luís A. Moreno, Camilla T. Damsgaard, Kim F. Michaelsen, Christian Mølgaard, Rolf Jorde, Guri Grimnes, George Moschonis, Christina Mavrogianni, Yannis Μanios, Michael Thamm, Gert Mensink, Martina Rabenberg, Markus Busch, Lorna Cox, Sarah Meadows, Gail Goldberg, Ann Prentice, Joost Dekker, Giel Nijpels, Stefan Pilz, Karin M. A. Swart, Natasja M. van Schoor, Paul Lips, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, Vilmundur Guðnason, Mary Frances Cotch, Seppo Koskinen, Christel Lamberg‐Allardt, Ramón Durazo-Arvizú, Christopher T. Sempos, Máiréad Kiely,
Tópico(s)Bone health and osteoporosis research
ResumoVitamin D deficiency has been described as being pandemic, but serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] distribution data for the European Union are of very variable quality. The NIH-led international Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) has developed protocols for standardizing existing 25(OH)D values from national health/nutrition surveys.
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