title: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and pulmonary function in older disabled community-dwelling women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent studies have expanded the functions of vitamin D to a possible role in pulmonary function. Our objective was to examine the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), serum parathyroid hormone, and pulmonary function in older women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the relationship of serum 25(OH)D and parathyroid hormone with pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in one second [FEV(1)], forced vital capacity [FVC], and FEV(1)/FVC ratio) in a cross-sectional study of 646 moderately to severely disabled women, 65 years or more, living in the community in Baltimore, Maryland, who participated in the Women's Health and Aging Study I.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, median (25th, 75th percentile) serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were 19.9 (14.7, 26.7) ng/mL. Serum 25(OH)D was positively associated with FEV(1) (p = .03), FVC (p = .18), and FEV(1)/FVC (p = .04) in multivariable linear regression models adjusting for age, race, education, smoking, height, physical activity, cognition, interleukin-6, chronic diseases, and other potential confounders. In the same models, serum parathyroid hormone was not significantly associated with FEV(1), FVC, or FEV(1)/FVC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings support the idea that vitamin D deficiency is independently associated with poor pulmonary function in older disabled women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. rdsemba@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Semba
authors.forename: Sandy S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Anne R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cappola
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrucci
authors.forename: Linda P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fried
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D