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Kuwabara A, Nakatani E, Nakajima H, Sasaki S, Kohno K, Uenishi K, et al.
Public Health Nutr . 2024 Sep; 27(1):e185. PMID: 39327919
Objective: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is common among young women and causes various health problems, including those that occur during pregnancy and childbirth. Thus, we investigated the risk factors for...
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Kuwabara A, Matsumoto M, Hatamoto Y, Fujita S
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care . 2024 Sep; 27(6):499-506. PMID: 39302338
Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate the effects of vitamin D on muscle mass and physical/muscle function in middle-aged and older adults, based on...
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Tanaka K, Ao M, Tamaru J, Kuwabara A
J Clin Biochem Nutr . 2024 Jan; 74(1):9-16. PMID: 38292127
Vitamin D insufficiency, milder than deficiency, is common, and a risk of various diseases. Since vitamin D exert diverse actions, both skeletal and non-skeletal, its insufficiency is a risk of...
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Yamada C, Kuwabara A, Sakai Y, Okuno C, Mine A, Misaki S, et al.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) . 2024 Jan; 69(6):435-443. PMID: 38171816
The Vitamin D Deficiency Questionnaire for Japanese (VDDQ-J) has been developed as an alternative indicator of the vitamin D nutritional status when serum 25(OH)D measurement is unavailable. In the present...
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Yasuoka A, Tsugawa N, Ura C, Ogasawara H, Tanaka K, Mizuno K, et al.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) . 2023 Jul; 69(3):176-183. PMID: 37394422
Recent studies have described that vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is associated with hypertension, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, which are major components of metabolic syndrome causing atherosclerosis. Therefore, we investigated the relationship...
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Tsugawa N, Kuwabara A, Ogasawara H, Nishino M, Nakagawa K, Kamao M, et al.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) . 2022 Jun; 68(3):172-180. PMID: 35768248
Avoidance of sunlight and self-restraint due to the COVID-19 pandemic may contribute to reduced vitamin D status. This study provides comparable data on vitamin D status in Japanese young women...
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Kanouchi H, Yamashita M, Kaimoto K, Kuwabara A, Kawakami Y, Takenaka S, et al.
Heliyon . 2022 Jun; 8(5):e09505. PMID: 35663760
Objective: Vinegar has been reported to have a hypotensive effect. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the consumption of vinegar-based side dishes and blood pressure. Research Methods & Procedures:...
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Kuwabara A, Nakatani E, Tsugawa N, Nakajima H, Sasaki S, Kohno K, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Mar; 17(3):e0264943. PMID: 35271624
Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is associated with an increased risk for lifestyle-related diseases. In Japan, VDD is quite prevalent in all age groups, with its high risk in young...
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Kuwabara A, Uenishi K, Tanaka K
J Clin Biochem Nutr . 2021 Oct; 69(2):111-121. PMID: 34616102
The most fundamental function of vitamin K is to activate the blood coagulation factors in the liver. Despite the recent recognition of its extra-hepatic actions, the current Dietary Reference Intakes...
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Tsugawa N, Nishino M, Kuwabara A, Ogasawara H, Kamao M, Kobayashi S, et al.
Nutrients . 2021 Feb; 13(2). PMID: 33572283
Background: Breast milk is considered the optimal source of nutrition during infancy. Although the vitamin D concentration in human breast milk is generally considered poor for infants, vitamin D in...