Vitamin d deficiency is associated with insulin resistance independent of intracellular calcium, dietary calcium and serum levels of parathormone, calcitriol and calcium in premenopausal women

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 1491 - 1498
• Main Authors: Ferreira, Thaís da Silva, Rocha, Tatiana Martins, Klein, Márcia Regina Simas Torres, Sanjuliani, Antonio Felipe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Spain Grupo Arán 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anthropometry; Brazil; Calcitriol - blood; Calcium - blood; Calcium - metabolism; Calcium, Dietary; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Hydroxycholecalciferols - blood; Insulin Resistance; Lipoproteins - blood; Middle Aged; Nutrition & Dietetics; Parathyroid Hormone - blood; Premenopause - metabolism; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Young Adult; Parathormone; Vitamin D; Resistencia a la insulina; Insulin resistance; La hormona paratiroidea; La función endotelial; Endothelial function; Glucose; Vitamina D; Glucosa

There is evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is not known if this association is independent of dietary calcium, intracellular calcium and serum levels of parathormone, calcitriol and calcium. To investigate the independent rela...