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  • Title: Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index.
    Author: Lee P, Greenfield JR, Seibel MJ, Eisman JA, Center JR.
    Journal: Am J Med; 2009 Nov; 122(11):1056-60. PubMed ID: 19854337.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with hypovitaminosis D. Whether body mass index (BMI) determines the replacement dose of vitamin D to achieve sufficiency is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between BMI and serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations and whether the increase in serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations with vitamin D replacement is dependent on BMI. METHODS: Retrospective review of anthropometric data and serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations in 95 patients attending an outpatient clinic in a tertiary hospital. In a second component of the study, 17 hospital inpatients with severe vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-OH D concentrations<6 ng/mL [15 nmol/L]) were supplemented with 10,000 units vitamin D(3)/day orally for 1 week. Biochemistry and anthropometric measurements were compared before and after vitamin D replacement. RESULTS: Serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations correlated negatively with BMI in the 95 outpatients (r(2) = 0.11, P <.01). In the longitudinal study, BMI correlated positively with serum intact parathyroid hormone (r(2) = 0.84, P <.01) and negatively with 1.25-(OH)(2) vitamin D (r(2) = 0.19, P=.06) at baseline. Serum 25-OH D concentrations achieved following 1 week of vitamin D(3) replacement correlated negatively with BMI (r(2) = 0.63, P <.01). CONCLUSION: Efficacy of vitamin D supplementation is dependent on BMI. Overweight and obese patients with hypovitaminosis D might require higher doses of vitamin D to achieve vitamin D repletion compared with individuals with normal body weight.
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