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Associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone and osteocalcin in a representative sample of Irish adults aged ≥18 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2011

S. Cassidy ,
S. Muldowney ,
E. Walsh ,
J. Walton ,
B. McNulty ,
A. Nugent ,
M. J. Gibney ,
A. Flynn  and
K. D. Cashman
S. Cassidy
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
S. Muldowney
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
E. Walsh
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
J. Walton
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
B. McNulty
Affiliation:
Institute for Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
A. Nugent
Affiliation:
Institute for Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
M. J. Gibney
Affiliation:
Institute for Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
A. Flynn
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
K. D. Cashman
Affiliation:
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 70 , Issue OCE3: Joint Irish Section and American Society for Nutrition Meeting, 15–17 June 2011, 70th anniversary: ‘Vitamins in early development and healthy ageing: impact on infectious and chronic disease’ , 2011 , E90
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Copyright © The Authors 2011

The North American Institute of Medicine recently established new Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin D based on its effects on bone health. Data on the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D; a marker of vitamin D status) and indices of Ca and bone metabolism in Ireland is limited to representative data in adolescents(Reference Hill, Cotter and Mitchell1) or data from convenience samples of adults(Reference Hill, O'Brien and Lamberg-Allardt2, Reference Lardner, Fitzgibbon and Wilson3). The objective of this study was to examine the associations between serum 25(OH)D, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and osteocalcin (a marker of bone turnover) in a representative sample of Irish adults aged ≥18 years.

Analysis was based on serum samples collected from participants of the recent National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS) (n 1136; 575 men and 561 women) in Ireland. Serum 25(OH)D, PTH and osteocalcin concentrations were measured using ELISA methods.

There was an inverse relationship between serum 25(OH)D and iPTH (R=−0.178; P<0.0001; n 1136) (see Figure). This association remained significant (β=−0.004; P<0.0001) when potential confounders such as age, sex, fasting v. non-fasting serum sample were included in a regression model.

As an additional approach, we stratified the entire group by < or ≥30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 nmol/l serum 25(OH)D and compared mean serum iPTH concentrations in the resulting pair groups. There was a significant difference (P<0.0001) between the < or ≥groups at all serum 25(OH)D thresholds, supporting a linear-type relationship with no apparent plateau. Serum osteocalcin was not associated with serum 25(OH)D or iPTH. However, when sex, age and fasting v. non-fasting serum sample were accounted for in a regression analysis, serum osteocalcin was positively associated with serum iPTH (β=0.042; P=0.015).

In conclusion, these data show that serum iPTH was inversely associated with serum 25(OH)D in adults, which may have implications on the rate of bone turnover. Further research is warranted to explore the importance of these associations to bone health of the Irish adult population.

We wish to acknowledge the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Food for Health Research Initiative (2007–2012) for their support.

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