Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is very common in older persons. It is not clear how serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels change during aging.Objective: To examine longitudinal changes in serum 25(OH)D levels in two representative cohorts of Dutch older persons during 6 and 13 years of follow-up, respectively.Methods: Data of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) were used, an ongoing cohort study in older persons. T...