Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The results of this epidemiological study demonstrate the burden of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in two sunny Mediterranean countries Greece and Cyprus- and some of the related risk factors. These two populations were examined together due to their common phylogenetic origin. Up until now there are no available data for the mean Vitamin D levels of the Cypriot adult population. An early identification of vitamin D deficiency is now considered as the cornerstone...