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ea0056p290 | Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2018

Vitamin D and obesity

Athanassiou Lambros , Kostoglou-Athanassiou Ifigenia , Koteli Asimoula , Mavragani Clio , Athanassiou Panagiotis , Koutsilieris Michael

Introduction: Vitamin D has been found to be associated with multiple chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases. Low vitamin D levels have also been observed in patients with obesity.Aim: The aim was to study vitamin D levels in patients with morbid obesity.Methods: In a group of 32 patients with morbid obesity, BMI 41.77±1.15 (m...