The potential impact of the hypovitaminosis D on metabolic complications in obese adolescents - Preliminary results.

Journal: Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM
PMID: 29284239

Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D deficiency is common in obesity; however, its contribution in the development of metabolic complications remains uncertain. The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between vitamin D status and metabolic complications.

Authors

  • Małgorzata Wójcik
    Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chair of Pediatrics, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
  • Dominika Januś
    Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chair of Pediatrics, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
  • Anna Kalicka-Kasperczyk
    Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chair of Pediatrics, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
  • Krystyna Sztefko
    Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
  • Jerzy B Starzyk
    Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chair of Pediatrics, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.

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