Purpose: The association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D values and cortical/trabecular bone parameters in older adults has been incompletely explored. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bone parameters for the tibia and radius using peripheral quantitative computed tomography in free-living healthy older adults.
Methods: The study involved 134 older adults attending a twice-weekly low-intensity fitness program. In addition to clinical history and serum parameters, we assessed fat-free mass using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, total bone and cortical bone cross-sectional areas, and trabecular and cortical bone mineral density for the tibia and radius by peripheral quantitative computed tomography.
Results: After applying multivariate linear regression models, adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, fat mass and fat-free mass, and creatinine, the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone parameters was significant for total bone and cortical bone cross-sectional areas in the radius (partial R (2) = 0.05 and 0.09, respectively) and for trabecular bone mineral density and cortical bone cross-sectional area in the tibia (partial R (2) = 0.11 and 0.02, respectively).
Conclusion: These findings support the idea that serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bone parameters are linked in older adults. Longitudinal studies are needed to establish whether vitamin D levels over time are associated with changes in these parameters.
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Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
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Bone
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Orthopaedics Key Laboratory of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Orthopaedic Clinical Research Center of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Gansu, China. Electronic address:
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Methods And Result: This prospective cohort study included patients with osteopenia or osteoporosis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2001 to 2018.
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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Columbia, SC 29212, USA.
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