Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance …

Background/Objective With an aging population and no cure for dementia on the horizon,
risk factor modification prior to disease onset is an urgent health priority. Therefore, this …

Despite extensive literature on falls among seniors, little is known about gender-specific risk
factors. To determine the prevalence of falls by gender and sociodemographic …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRV s) for vitamin D. The …

Background: Hypovitaminosis D is associated with global cognitive impairment in adults. It
remains unclear which domainspecific cognitive functions are affected with hypovitaminosis …

Background The dose–response relationship of vitamin D status and the risk of serious falls
requiring hospitalization in older women is unclear. We examined the association between …

Vitamin D receptor expression and associated function have been reported in various
muscle models, including C2C12, L6 cell lines and primary human skeletal muscle cells. It is …

Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency are a major health care problem. The association
between vitamin D levels and cognitive function is still under debate. We conducted a …

Background: Identifying nutrition-and lifestyle-based risk factors for cognitive impairment and
dementia may aid future primary prevention efforts. Objective: We aimed to examine the …

Sex differences in patterns of cognitive test performance have been attributed to factors,
such as sex hormones or sexual dimorphisms in brain structure, that change with normal …