Low vitamin D intake is associated with increase in cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescents

Autor: M. T. de Mello, Sergio Tufik, Ana R Damaso, D. C. Masquio, Flávia Campos Corgosinho, Raquel Ms Campos, Joana Pereira de Carvalho-Ferreira, L. Tock, Bárbara Dal Molin Netto, Carolina Ackel-D’Elia
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Europe PubMed Central
ISSN: 1210-0668
Popis: OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the effect of vitamin D on cardiovascular risk in obese adolescents. METHODS Thirty (16 females/14 males) post-puberty obese adolescents (15-19 years) were involved and measurements of inflammatory biomarkers, body composition, visceral fat, and vitamin D (serum and intake) were performed. The adolescents were submitted to a long-term interdisciplinary therapy with physical exercise, nutritional, psychological, and clinical interventions. RESULTS Negative correlations between vitamin D intake with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) (r=-0.69; p=0.01) and vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) (r=-0.82; p=0.001) were found in the population analyzed. Improvement in PAI-1, VCAM-1, body composition, and visceral fat, were observed. CONCLUSIONS We showed that low vitamin D intake is associated with an increase in the cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescents.
Databáze: OpenAIRE