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Association of body fat and vitamin D status and the effect of body fat on the response to vitamin D supplementation in Pakistani immigrants in Denmark
Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are both prevalent conditions in the northern countries, especially among immigrants. The aims were to assess the possible relationship between body fat and vitamin D status, a...
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Seasonal changes in vitamin D status among Danish adolescent girls and elderly women: the influence of sun exposure and vitamin D intake
To determine seasonal variation in vitamin D status in healthy Caucasian adolescent girls and elderly community-dwelling women living in Denmark, and to quantify the impact of sun exposure and intake on the se...
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Vitamin D supplementation does not affect serum lipids and lipoproteins in Pakistani immigrants
Potential long-term negative effects of increased vitamin D consumption are not thoroughly examined. The aim of this study was to investigate possible negative effects of vitamin D supplementation on serum lip...
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Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire used in the Inter99 study
To evaluate the validity of the Inter99 food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) compared with a 28-days' diet history and biomarkers.
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Pakistani immigrant children and adults in Denmark have severely low vitamin D status
To determine vitamin D and bone status in adolescent girls, pre-menopausal women and men of Pakistani origin, to single out determinants of vitamin D status and to determine the association between vitamin D s...
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Teenage girls and elderly women living in northern Europe have low winter vitamin D status
To determine the vitamin D status (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; S-25OHD) in adolescent girls and elderly community-dwelling women living in four countries of northern Europe and to explain differences in S-25OHD...
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Effect of a high-protein, high-salt diet on calcium and bone metabolism in postmenopausal women stratified by hormone replacement therapy use
The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of a high-sodium, high-protein diet on bone metabolism in postmenopausal women (aged 49–60 y) stratified by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use. I...
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Low socio-economic status and familial occurrence of goitre are associated with a high prevalence of goitre
The occurrence of goitre is dependent on genetic and environmental factors, but the associations with socio-economic and life-style factors have only been examined briefly. A cohort of 4649 participants from t...
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Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) used as a marker for completeness of 24 hour urine: effects of age and dosage scheduling
Objective: To examine the age dependency of the urinary para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) excretion, and if a delayed PABA excretion can be overcome by advancing intake schedule; and to examine the recovery of PABA i...
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The use of biomarkers in multicentric studies with particular consideration of iodine, sodium, iron, folate and vitamin D
Objective: To determine which biomarkers should be used in a European monitoring system to assess intake of iodine, sodium, iron, folate and vitamin D. These nutrients are relevant for human health but difficult ...
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Selection of relevant dietary indicators for health
Objective: To define a set of dietary components that are relevant determinants for health in Europe. The selected components are intended to serve as nutrition indicators for health in the European Health Monito...
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Selection of methodology to assess food intake
Objective: The aim of the EFCOSUM project was to develop a method to estimate both acute and usual consumption levels in European countries and for the sake of comparison, a common basic method for dietary assess...
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A six months' prospective follow-up of 65+-y-old patients from general practice classified according to nutritional risk by the Mini Nutritional Assessment
Objective: To assess the prevalence of old people at risk of undernutrition according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), characterise the at risk group with regard to nutritional state, energy intake, and ...
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Evaluation of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire to estimate iodine intake
Objective: To evaluate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) used to assess the dietary intake of iodine.
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Iron status in Danes 1994
Iron status, i.e. serum ferritin and haemoglobin (Hb) levels, was assessed in a population survey in 1994 (Dan-Monica 10) comprising 1319 Caucasian Danish women in age cohorts of 40, 50, 60 and 70 years. In t...
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Iodine content in drinking water and other beverages in Denmark
Objective: To investigate the variation in iodine content in drinking water in Denmark and to determine the difference in iodine content between organic and non-organic milk. Further, to analyse the iodine conten...
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Iron status in Danes updated 1994. I: Prevalence of iron deficiency and iron overload in 1332 men aged 40–70 years. Influence of blood donation, alcohol intake, and iron supplementation
Iron status, S-ferritin, and hemoglobin (Hb) were assessed in a population survey in 1994 (DAN-MONICA 10) comprising 1332 Caucasian Danish men equally distributed in age cohorts of 40, 50, 60 and 70 years. Bl...
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Modification of the nutrition questionnaire for elderly to increase its ability to detect elderly people with inadequate intake of energy, calcium, vitamin C and vitamin D
Objective: To validate the Nutrition Questionnaire for Elderly (NQE) aimed at health care personnel—and develop and validate a modified version of the questionnaire (MNQE) to improve its sensitivity in detecting ...
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Day-to-day and within-day variation in urinary iodine excretion
Objective: To examine the day-to-day and within-day variation in urinary iodine excretion and the day-to-day variation in iodine intake.
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para-aminobenzoic acid used as a marker for completeness of 24 hour urine: assessment of control limits for a specific HPLC method
Objective and design: The study comprised three protocols. Protocol 1 compared a HPLC method with the commonly employed colorimetric diazocoupling method. Protocol 2 examined, if the last dosage of p-aminobenzoic...
