Metabolic Syndrome and Vitamin D Level in Old People

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis; Vitamin D Deficiency; Insulin Resistance; Obesity; Elderly; Sarcopenia; Ostreocalcin; Metabolic Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03344718

Tianliao old people study 2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

In 2012, a cross-sectional survey sampling 1,966 community-dwelling old people was conducted. Structurized questionnaires were interviewed face-to-face by well-trained staffs. An overnight fasting blood were obtained for biochemistry parameters.

Enrollment: 549 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 65-year-old

Exclusion criteria

• excluding empty houses, death, non-ambulatory subjects (subjects with significant disabilities, such as handicapped cerebral vascular accident, cancerous cachexia, unstable chronic diseases or psychiatric disorders, severe arthritis or inflammatory disease), uncomfortable anorexia by any medications, and non-reachable subjects