Muscle strength in the elderly: Its relation to vitamin d metabolites
Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPublished 1 January 1999
H. Bischoff, H.B. Stähelin, Niklaus Urscheler, Rolf Ehrsam, Reinhard Vonthein, Pasqualina Perrig‐Chiello
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Muscle strength declined with age in ambulatory elderly people and showed modest, but significant, positive correlation with 1,25( OH)2 vitamin D in both sexes and with 25(OH)D in male subjects, suggesting vitamin D deficiency appears to contribute to the age-related loss of muscle strength.
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Muscle strength declined with age in ambulatory elderly people and showed modest, but significant, positive correlation with 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D in both sexes and with 25(OH)D in male subjects. Therefore vitamin D deficiency appears to contribute to the age-related loss of muscle strength, which might be more pronounced in institutionalized elderly people with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency.
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