title: Alexithymia is associated with low level of vitamin D in young healthy adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Vitamin D plays an important role in brain development and functioning. Low levels of vitamin D have been described in several psychiatric and neurologic conditions including autism spectrum disorder. Alexithymia that shows high comorbidity with autism is also present in the general population as well as hypovitaminosis D.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we assessed the relation between alexithymia as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 and vitamin D level in healthy young adults. Results We found an inverse correlation between the levels of alexithymia and vitamin D.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest the association between disturbed emotional processing and low levels of vitamin D to be present in young healthy subjects.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altbäcker
authors.forename: Enikő
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plózer
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darnai
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perlaki
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: Szilvia Anett
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Tivadar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lucza
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarcz
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kőszegi
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: Sámuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komoly
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janszky
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Clemens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D
keywords: Alexithymia; Emotional processing; Hypovitaminosis D; Vitamin D