Vitamin D intake and status in Irish postmenopausal women

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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess vitamin D status during late-summer and late-winter/early-spring in postmenopausal Irish women, and whether it was influenced by vitamin D-containing supplement use. Design: A longitudinal observational study. Setting: Cork City, Ireland (51° north). Subjects: A total of 59 apparently healthy, free-living, postmenopausal women aged between 51 and 69 y were sampled during February/March 2002. Of these, 48 and 47 returned during August/September 2002 and February/March 2003, respectively. None of the women were suffering from any medical condition likely to affect vitamin D status. Fasting serums were collected and analysed for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) by enzyme immunoassays. Results: Mean daily intake of vitamin D was 3.2 μg from food sources alone and 5.8 μg when vitamin D-containing supplements were included (P<0.01). Serum 25 (OH) D was significantly lower (P<0.001) during February/March 2002 than both August/September 2002 and February/March 2003. Serum 25 (OH) D was also significantly higher (P≤0.05) in women who were vitamin D-containing supplement users than nonusers during all three sampling points. Between 17 and 36% of women had inadequate vitamin D status (defined as serum 25 (OH) D <40 nmol/l) during late-winter, but only 4% had inadequate vitamin D status during late-summer. Serum 25 (OH) D was inversely related to serum PTH (r=-0.33; P=0.028). Conclusion: Suboptimal vitamin D status is common in postmenopausal Irish women during winter. Vitamin D supplementation is associated with improved vitamin D status, even during summertime. © 2005 Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

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Hill, T., Collins, A., O’Brien, M., Kiely, M., Flynn, A., & Cashman, K. D. (2005). Vitamin D intake and status in Irish postmenopausal women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59(3), 404–410. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602088

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