Parathyroid hormone, but not vitamin D, is associated with the metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese women and men: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism is high among morbidly obese subjects. Further, low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH]D) and magnesium have been associated with increased risk of the metabolic syndrome (MS), and recently, a possible l...

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Main Authors: Hjelmesæth, Jøran, Hofsø, Dag, Aasheim, Erlend T, Jenssen, Trond, Moan, Johan, Hager, Helle, Røislien, Jo, Bollerslev, Jens
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644287/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19187564
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-7
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