Nationwide vitamin D status in older Brazilian adults and its determinants: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI)

Nationwide vitamin D status in older Brazilian adults and its determinants: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI)

Abstract Little is known about vitamin D status in older adults in South America, where exposures to ultra-violet radiation are high. We examined the distribution of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration and its determinants in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years...

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Main Authors: Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Juliana V. M. Mambrini, Paulo R. Borges de Souza-Junior, Fabíola Bof de Andrade, Sérgio V. Peixoto, Clarissa M. Vidigal, Cesar de Oliveira, Pedro G. Vidigal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70329-y

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