Serum Vitamin D Levels in Relation to Abdominal Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Findings of epidemiological studies that investigated the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and abdominal obesity were inconsistent. To evaluate the relationship between blood vitamin D levels and abdominal obesity in children and adolescents, we did a comprehensive review and dose-response meta-analysis.

Methods

A comprehensive search in electronic databases including Scopus, Web of Science (ISI), MEDLINE (Pubmed), EMBASE, and Google Scholar was conducted, up to May 2021, for epidemiological studies that investigated the linkage between serum vitamin D levels (as the exposure) and abdominal obesity (as the outcome) in children and adolescents.

Results

Combining 19 effect sizes from 14 cross-sectional studies that included 29,353 apparently health

SUBMITTER: Hajhashemy Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888413 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature