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Body composition and nutritional and metabolic parameters in postmenopausal women sufficient, insufficient and
Luisa Amábile Wolpe Simas1, Leila Caroline Bianchet Zanatta1, Carolina Aguiar Moreira1
1Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (SEMPR), Departamento de Medicina Interna , Universidade Federal do Paraná , Curitiba , PR , Brasil.
Objective:
We investigated changes in body composition and nutritional and metabolic parameters in a group of postmenopausal women who were classified as sufficient, insufficient and deficient in vitamin D.
Subjects And Methods:
A total of 106 postmenopausal women were included in this cross-sectional study and classified according to their serum levels of 25-OH-vitamin D as sufficient (≥ 30 ng/mL; group S), insufficient (20.1 and 29.9 ng/mL; group I) or deficient (≤ 20 ng/mL; group D) in vitamin D. Body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA); dietary recall questionnaires were completed; and blood samples were analysed to compare the metabolic and nutritional status of the study groups.
Results:
Eleven (10.4%) of the women were classified in group S, 50 (47.2%) in group I and 45 (42.4%) in group D, with a mean serum level for 25-OH-D of 21.1 ± 7.0 ng/mL in all participants. Body composition did not differ among the groups. Serum levels of 25-OH-D were negatively correlated with serum levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.
Conclusions:
Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency were highly prevalent in our group of postmenopausal women, showing an association with an unfavourable lipid profile.
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