Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To study vitamin D deficiency in a cohort of obese males and to evaluate associated clinical and biochemical characteristics.Methods: Case-control study which included obese (defined by a BMI ≥30 kg/m2) males. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as vitamin D levels <20 ng/ml. Estimation of vitamin D status was determined in serum using a commercially available enzyme- immuno-assay designed to measure 25-OH Vitamin D concentr...