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| Seasonal prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in institutionalized older adults | | Author(s) | Barbara A Liu, Michael Gordon, Jean M Labranche |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 5, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 598-603 |
| Keywords | Vitamins ; Nutrition ; Long term patients ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The role of vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for osteoporosis has recently received increasing attention. In addition, older people are at risk from this deficiency because of a number of age-related changes in vitamin D metabolism, including inadequate dietary intake, decreased intestinal absorption, and reduction in exposure to ultraviolet radiation due to decreased mobility. This study investigated the prevalence and seasonal variation of vitamin D deficiency among older residents of long-term care facilities in Toronto, Canada. Findings showed that vitamin D deficiency and borderline vitamin D status were common in long-term care residents, and that seasonal variation in the prevalence remained significant. The study concluded that evaluation of interventions to improve the status of vitamin D nutrition in this population is needed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970812264 A |
| Classmark | CFE: CF: LF7:4Q: 7S |
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