Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlate with overweight and obesity in community-dwelling old adults
المؤلفون المشاركون
Jawad, Ismail Hasan
Baei, Hasan Ulwan
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 17، العدد 1 (31 مارس/آذار 2020)، ص ص. 36-40، 5ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2020-03-31
دولة النشر
العراق
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : Vitamin D has different biological actions in the body.
Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects in multiple organ systems, and Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) was suggested to be associated with overweight and obesity according to previous reports.
Several interventional studies have examined the effect of Vitamin D supplementation on overweight and obesity.
Objectives: the aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of VDD and its correlate with overweight and obesity in community-dwelling old adults.
Materials and Methods : This was a cross-sectional study that included convenient consecutive sample of elderly people who attended the office of retired employees and the elders' home in Hilla City Babylon Province-Iraq.
The period of the study started from the first of January to September 2019, and a pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview the participants after obtaining their verbal consent.
The sample included (300) old adults of both genders ; the serum level of Vitamin D was assessed by chemo immunoassay method.
The weight was measured in kilograms by using weight measuring balanced scale for all individuals, and height was measured (in centimeters) by using a fixed board in standing position without shoes, the head in the horizontal plane.
The body mass index was calculated according to weight in kg /height in m2.
Results : The study included 300 participants ; most of the study sample had either insufficiency or deficiency of Vitamin D level.
Obese and overweight elders in this study had significant low serum Vitamin D level (both deficiency and insufficiency of vitamin) as compared to the no obese group ; this difference was statistically significant P < 0.
05.
Conclusion : There was a significant inverse relationship between Vitamin D level and excess bodyweight in Iraqi old adults.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Jawad, Ismail Hasan& Baei, Hasan Ulwan. 2020. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlate with overweight and obesity in community-dwelling old adults. Medical Journal of Babylon،Vol. 17, no. 1, pp.36-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-972629
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Jawad, Ismail Hasan& Baei, Hasan Ulwan. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlate with overweight and obesity in community-dwelling old adults. Medical Journal of Babylon Vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan. / Mar. 2020), pp.36-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-972629
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Jawad, Ismail Hasan& Baei, Hasan Ulwan. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlate with overweight and obesity in community-dwelling old adults. Medical Journal of Babylon. 2020. Vol. 17, no. 1, pp.36-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-972629
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 39-40
رقم السجل
BIM-972629
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