Single measurement of serum 25(OH)D: is classification into month-specific cutpoints useful in accounting for seasonal variation?
Eur J Clin Nutr
; 66(9): 1069-71, 2012 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Classification into month-specific cutpoints is used to minimize misclassification associated with single measurement of serum 25(OH)D. This study aims to evaluate this strategy, and to compare it with the widely used classification into overall cutpoints. For this purpose, we studied 69,553 subjects in whom serum 25(OH)D was tested on two different occasions. The level of agreement between the quartiles of the first and second tests was 43.8% between the month-specific quartiles and 43.1% between the overall quartiles. The level of agreement between the quartiles of the two approaches was 80.0% and 94.3% in the first and second test, respectively. The extent of seasonal variation (summer-autumn as compared with winter-spring) of serum 25(OH)D was higher in males and in Jews, inversely associated with baseline levels, body mass index and age, and directly associated with socioeconomic class. The month-specific cutpoint strategy does not seem to offer advantage over the overall cutpoints strategy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article