TY - CHAP

T1 - Vitamin D, Sarcopenia and Aging

AU - Skaaby, Tea

AU - Thuesen, Betina H.

AU - Linneberg, Allan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Older adults are particularly at risk of Vitamin D deficiency due to reduced cutaneous synthesis and intake of Vitamin D. Low Vitamin D levels have been found to be related to a number of diseases frequently found among elderly people, for example, osteoporosis, falls and fractures, sarcopenia, cognitive decline, depression, and cardiovascular disease. However, the evidence to prove the presence of a possible effect of Vitamin D supplementation on age-related diseases is for the most part inconsistent or inconclusive. This chapter reviews and discusses the possible effects of Vitamin D on sarcopenia and other age-related diseases and highlights the need for randomized controlled trials to clarify possible benefits of Vitamin D supplementation in the elderly.

AB - Older adults are particularly at risk of Vitamin D deficiency due to reduced cutaneous synthesis and intake of Vitamin D. Low Vitamin D levels have been found to be related to a number of diseases frequently found among elderly people, for example, osteoporosis, falls and fractures, sarcopenia, cognitive decline, depression, and cardiovascular disease. However, the evidence to prove the presence of a possible effect of Vitamin D supplementation on age-related diseases is for the most part inconsistent or inconclusive. This chapter reviews and discusses the possible effects of Vitamin D on sarcopenia and other age-related diseases and highlights the need for randomized controlled trials to clarify possible benefits of Vitamin D supplementation in the elderly.

U2 - 10.1159/000486084

DO - 10.1159/000486084

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85045088673

SN - 978-3-318-06338-7

VL - 50

T3 - Frontiers of Hormone Research

SP - 177

EP - 188

BT - Vitamin D in Clinical Medicine

ER -