title: Plasma binding capacity for 25-hydroxy-vitamin D in the elderly.
abstract: Plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations and 25-OHD binding capacities were measured in 14 elderly patients and in 14 young controls. Both 25-OHD concentrations and 25-OHD binding capacities were reduced in the elderly. In neither group, however, was there a significant correlation between 25-OHD binding capacities and 25-OHD concentrations. Thus, although 25-OHD binding capacities are reduced in sick old people this does not account for the low 25-OHD concentrations often found in this group.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D004194:Disease / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols