Relationship of vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents.
Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of cardiometabolic risk factors that includes insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. A review of the literature was conducted to determine the relationship between low serum vitamin D status and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. A review of human, animal, and cellular studies demonstrates conflicting evidence that a low serum vitamin D level is linked to the cause of obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and insulin resistance. However, there does appear to be an association between low serum vitamin D and these features, especially obesity. Due to a lack of concrete evidence for causation, current recommendations of up to 600 IU of vitamin D daily should be supplied to prevent deficiency in children.
Central Michigan University, Department of Human Environmental Studies, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA. amy.salord@gmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism
D014807:Vitamin D