Letter to the Editor

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

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 36 , issue 1 : Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Cultural Context , 2024 , pages: 43–44
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2022.2041887
Author(s): Wilna Oldewage-Theron Texas Tech University, USA, Christa Grobler Vaal University of Technology, South Africa,
Keywords: elderly, symptoms, vitamin D,
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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.
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