Vitamin D status of the elderly in the Vaal region, South Africa

Wilna Oldewage-Theron; Christa Grobler

doi:10.1080/16070658.2022.2041887

Vitamin D status of the elderly in the Vaal region, South Africa

Wilna Oldewage-Theron, Christa Grobler

Nutritional Sciences

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Abstract

Vitamin D status was determined in a sample of 79 elderly people and the results showed that 38% of the elderly had inadequate vitamin D status that was accompanied by various symptoms associated with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-44
Number of pages	2
Journal	South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2022.2041887
State	Published - 2023

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elderly
symptoms
vitamin D

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Vitamin D status of the elderly in the Vaal region, South Africa

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