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Adiposity Is Associated With Early Reduction In Bone Mass In Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Nithya Setty-Shah, Louise S. Maranda, Benjamin U. Nwosu
Adiposity Is Associated With Early Reduction In Bone Mass In Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Nithya Setty-Shah, Louise S. Maranda, Benjamin U. Nwosu
Benjamin U. Nwosu
Background: The effect of adiposity on bone mass in the early phases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children and adolescents is unclear.
Aims: To determine the role of adiposity on bone mass in the first 3 years of diagnosis of IBD.
Hypothesis: Increased adiposity will be associated with increased bone mass in both the controls and IBD subjects.
Setting: University tertiary institution.
Methods: Height-adjusted bone mineral density (BMD) z-scores of 25 subjects, age 13.97 ± 2.70y, diagnosed with IBD for < 4 years were compared to 24 controls, age 13.65 ± 2.60y. Overweight was defined as BMI of ≥85th but <95th percentile, and obesity as BMI ≥95thpercentile. Severity of IBD was determined by the Pediatric …95
The Vitamin D Status Of Prison Inmates, Benjamin U. Nwosu, Louise Maranda, Rosalie Berry, Barbara Colocino, Carlos D. Flores, Kerry Folkman, Thomas Groblewski, Patricia Ruze
The Vitamin D Status Of Prison Inmates, Benjamin U. Nwosu, Louise Maranda, Rosalie Berry, Barbara Colocino, Carlos D. Flores, Kerry Folkman, Thomas Groblewski, Patricia Ruze
Benjamin U. Nwosu
INTRODUCTION: There is no comprehensive, systematic analysis of the vitamin D status of prisoners in the scientific literature.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the vitamin D status and its determinants in US prison inmates.
HYPOTHESIS: Given the uniformity of dietary intake amongst inmates, vitamin D status will be determined by non-dietary factors such as skin pigmentation, security level-, and the duration of incarceration.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 526 inmates (males, n = 502, age 48.6±12.5 years; females, n = 24, age 44.1±12.2) in Massachusetts prisons. Vitamin D sufficiency, insufficiency, and deficiency were respectively defined as a 25(OH)D concentration 75 …