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Higher visceral fat area increases the risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in Chinese adults

Overview of attention for article published in Nutrition & Metabolism, November 2015
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Title
Higher visceral fat area increases the risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in Chinese adults
Published in
Nutrition & Metabolism, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12986-015-0046-x
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Meilin Zhang, Ping Li, Yufeng Zhu, Hong Chang, Xuan Wang, Weiqiao Liu, Yuwen Zhang, Guowei Huang

Abstract

Visceral fat area (VFA), a novel sex-specific index for visceral fat obesity (VFO) might play a major role in the development of vitamin D deficiency. However, the association between VFA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in Chinese population is less clear. The aim of this study was to explore the population-level association between VFA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency among Chinese men and women. This cross-sectional study involved 1105 adults aged 20-70 years living in Tianjin who were randomly selected and medically examined. All subjects underwent the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method to estimate the VFA. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH) D3) level was assayed by the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method and defined insufficiency and deficiency following recommended cutoffs. The association between VFA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency was estimated using binary regression analysis. The total prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (25(OH) D3: 20-29 μg/L) and deficiency (25(OH) D3 < 20 μg/L) were 26.60 % and 24.89 %, respectively. Significant negative association was observed for VFA with serum 25(OH) D3 levels in men and pre-menopausal women (P < 0.05), not in post-menopausal women (P > 0.05). Moreover, increased VFA was observed to be associated with higher vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency risk with a positive dose-response trend (P for trend < 0.001). As compared to individuals with the lowest VFA, those who had the highest VFA were at 4.9-fold risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency [95 % confidence interval (95 % CI): 1.792-13.365] in men and 1.8-fold risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency (95 % CI: 1.051-3.210) in pre-menopausal women, but not in post-menopausal women [odds ratio (OR) (95 % CI): 2.326(0.903-5.991)]. These results suggest that higher VFA increases the risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in men and pre-menopausal women, but not in post-menopausal women. VFA is a better and convenience surrogate marker for visceral adipose measurement and could be used in identifying the risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in routine health examination.

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 59 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 10%
Student > Postgraduate 6 10%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 10%
Other 14 23%
Unknown 14 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 32%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 8%
Chemistry 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 17 28%
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#6,266,906
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#12
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