Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary adult-type lactose malabsorption (PALM) is a widespread inherited autosomal recessive condition. It is considered to be associated with osteoporosis. The purpose of the present study was to assess the 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25[OH]D) status, serum CrossLaps and dairy calcium intake in individuals with PALM (i.e., LCT C/C−13910 genotype) and normal controls (i.e., LCT C/T-13910 and T/T−13910 genotypes). I...