title: Does low vitamin D status contribute to "age-related" morbidity?
abstract: It is increasingly appreciated that vitamin D plays important physiological roles beyond the musculoskeletal system. As such, it is plausible that endemic vitamin D deficiency contributes to much nonskeletal morbidity that adversely affects quality of life with advancing age among older adults. This overview will explore the evidence for, and potential involvement of, vitamin D deficiency in nonbone conditions that are currently accepted as "age-related" morbidity among older adults.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute on Aging and School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Binkley
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*