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Associations of vitamin D status with dietary intakes and physical activity levels among adults from seven European countries: the Food4Me study

Authors: Yannis Manios, George Moschonis, Christina P. Lambrinou, Christina Mavrogianni, Lydia Tsirigoti, Ulrich Hoeller, Franz F. Roos, Igor Bendik, Manfred Eggersdorfer, Carlos Celis-Morales, Katherine M. Livingstone, Cyril F. M. Marsaux, Anna L. Macready, Rosalind Fallaize, Clare B. O’Donovan, Clara Woolhead, Hannah Forster, Marianne C. Walsh, Santiago Navas-Carretero, Rodrigo San-Cristobal, Silvia Kolossa, Jacqueline Hallmann, Mirosław Jarosz, Agnieszka Surwiłło, Iwona Traczyk, Christian A. Drevon, Ben van Ommen, Keith Grimaldi, John N. S. Matthews, Hannelore Daniel, J. Alfredo Martinez, Julie A. Lovegrove, Eileen R. Gibney, Lorraine Brennan, Wim H. M. Saris, Mike Gibney, John C. Mathers, on behalf of the Food4Me Study

Published in: European Journal of Nutrition | Issue 4/2018

Abstract

Purpose

To report the vitamin D status in adults from seven European countries and to identify behavioural correlates.

Methods

In total, 1075 eligible adult men and women from Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, UK, Poland and Germany, were included in the study.

Results

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, defined as 25-hydroxy vitamin D₃ (25-OHD₃) concentration of <30 and 30–49.9 nmol/L, respectively, were observed in 3.3 and 30.6% of the participants. The highest prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was found in the UK and the lowest in the Netherlands (8.2 vs. 1.1%, P < 0.05). In addition, the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency was higher in females compared with males (36.6 vs. 22.6%, P < 0.001), in winter compared with summer months (39.3 vs. 25.0%, P < 0.05) and in younger compared with older participants (36.0 vs. 24.4%, P < 0.05). Positive dose–response associations were also observed between 25-OHD₃ concentrations and dietary vitamin D intake from foods and supplements, as well as with physical activity (PA) levels. Vitamin D intakes of ≥5 μg/day from foods and ≥5 μg/day from supplements, as well as engagement in ≥30 min/day of moderate- and vigorous-intensity PA were associated with higher odds (P < 0.05) for maintaining sufficient (≥50 nmol/L) 25-OHD₃ concentrations.

Conclusions

The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency varied considerably among European adults. Dietary intakes of ≥10 μg/day of vitamin D from foods and/or supplements and at least 30 min/day of moderate- and vigorous-intensity PA were the minimum thresholds associated with vitamin D sufficiency.

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Title: Associations of vitamin D status with dietary intakes and physical activity levels among adults from seven European countries: the Food4Me study
Authors: Yannis Manios
George Moschonis
Christina P. Lambrinou
Christina Mavrogianni
Lydia Tsirigoti
Ulrich Hoeller
Franz F. Roos
Igor Bendik
Manfred Eggersdorfer
Carlos Celis-Morales
Katherine M. Livingstone
Cyril F. M. Marsaux
Anna L. Macready
Rosalind Fallaize
Clare B. O’Donovan
Clara Woolhead
Hannah Forster
Marianne C. Walsh
Santiago Navas-Carretero
Rodrigo San-Cristobal
Silvia Kolossa
Jacqueline Hallmann
Mirosław Jarosz
Agnieszka Surwiłło
Iwona Traczyk
Christian A. Drevon
Ben van Ommen
Keith Grimaldi
John N. S. Matthews
Hannelore Daniel
J. Alfredo Martinez
Julie A. Lovegrove
Eileen R. Gibney
Lorraine Brennan
Wim H. M. Saris
Mike Gibney
John C. Mathers
on behalf of the Food4Me Study
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nutrition / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1436-6207
Electronic ISSN: 1436-6215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1415-1

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