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SUBMITTER: Piantanida E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5717541 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piantanida Eliana E Gallo Daniela D Veronesi Giovanni G Dozio Eugenia E Trotti Eugenia E Lai Adriana A Ippolito Silvia S Sabatino Jessica J Tanda Maria Laura ML Toniolo Antonio A Ferrario Marco M Bartalena Luigi L
Endocrine connections 20171031 8
<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this observational study was to clarify the link between vitamin D status and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in people with visceral obesity.<h4>Design and methods</h4>One hundred ninety-six consecutive patients (152 women; mean age 51 ± 13 years) with visceral obesity (mean body weight 103 ± 20 kg, mean waist circumference (WC) 119 ± 13 cm) were enrolled at the Obesity Outpatient Clinic of the University of Insubria in Varese. Anthropometric measurements were recorded. L ...[more]