ea0049ep299 | Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2017
Tigas Stelios
, Kitsos Athanasios
, Dounousi Evangelia
, Kalaitzidis Rigas
, Challa Anna
, Siamopoulos Costas
Introduction: Obesity is a strong risk factor for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD). Furthermore, high body mass index (BMI) is consistently associated with low serum vitamin D in the general population. The aims of the present study were to i) compare vitamin D metabolite levels in overweight/obese versus normal weight individuals with normal to severely impaired renal function and ii) to assess the impact of 25(OH)D on the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SH...