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Vitamin D insufficiency: A risk factor to vertebral fractures in community-dwelling elderly women
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2009)
Objective:To determine the risk factors for the presence of moderate/severe vertebral fracture, specifically 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD). Study design: Cross-sectional study conducted for 2 years in the city of Sao Paulo, ...
Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2015)
Objective: To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and
impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly.
Design: We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and
age, ...
Comparison of two modes of vitamin B12supplementation on neuroconduction and cognitive function among older people living in Santiago, Chile: A cluster randomized controlled trial. a study protocol [ISRCTN 02694183]
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)
Background: Older people have a high risk of vitamin B 12deficiency; this can lead to varying degrees of cognitive and neurological impairment. CBL deficiency may present as macrocytic anemia, subacute combined degeneration ...
Prevalence of anemia in elderly subjects living at home: role of micronutrient deficiency and inflammation
(2000-11)
Objective: Aging is associated with increased risk of developing anemia and micronutrient deficiencies. Wheat-based staple foods are iron fortified in Chile. We aimed to establish the prevalence and etiology of anemia in ...
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with functional capacity but not with postural balance in osteoporotic postmenopausal women
(2017-01-01)
OBJECTIVES: In post-menopausal women with osteoporosis, insufficient vitamin D levels decrease calcium fixation in the bones and calcium transport in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which impairs muscle strength, possibly ...
Avaliação dos níveis plasmáticos de vitamina D e polimorfismos no gene do seu receptor em pacientes com distúrbios cognitivos
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2017-01-11)
Vitamin D plays a role in the regulation of bone metabolism. Recently evidences suggest that it participates as an immunomodulator in various functions, and that vitamin D signaling is implicated in brain development and ...
Duality of tocopherol isoforms and novel associations with vitamins involved in one-carbon metabolism: results from an elderly sample of the lifelines cohort study
(MDPI, 2020)
Whether the affinity of serum vitamin E with total lipids hampers the appropriate assessment of its association with age-related risk factors has not been investigated in epidemiological studies. We aimed to compare linear ...
Enhanced Parathyroid Hormone Levels Are Associated With Left Ventricle Hypertrophy In Very Elderly Men And Women
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INCNEW YORK, 2015)