Associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 level and skeletal muscle mass and lower limb muscle strength in Japanese middle-aged subjects

Objectives: One of the important risk factors of falling is decreased muscle mass and muscle strength. Recently, there has been an increasing concern on the role of vitamin D in muscle strength and physical activity. Aim of our study is to examine the relationships between vitamin D status and muscl...

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Main Authors: Akiko Kuwabara, Naoko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Kondo, Misora Ao, Hitomi Fujiwara, Natsuki Hosokawa, Shiho Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Tetsuo Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525517300018