Endocrine Abstracts

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...