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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1471641

Association between dietary vitamin D intake and low muscle mass in US a dults: Results from NHANES 2011-2018

Provisionally accepted
Ye Tong Ye Tong Yilin Teng Yilin Teng *Xiaoming Peng Xiaoming Peng *Bocheng Wan Bocheng Wan *Shaohui Zong Shaohui Zong *
  • Department of Spine Osteopathic, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China

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    To investigate the association between dietary vitamin D intake and low muscle mass (LMM) in a representative ad ult population, accounting for total energy intake and other potential confounders.This cross-sectional study utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) involving 8,443 participants. Dietary vitamin D intake was assessed using 24-hour dietary recalls, and LMM was defined based on appendicular lean mass (ALM) adjusted for body mass index (BMI). Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the association between quartiles of dietary vitamin D intake and the odds of LMM, adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, BMI, total energy intake, and additional covariates.In Model 1, after adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, BMI, and poverty-to-income ratio, participants in the highe st quartile of vitamin D intake had an odds ratio (OR) of 0.54 (95% CI: 0.37-0.79) compared to the lowest quartile, with a p for trend < 0.001. In Model 2, after further adjustment for total energy intake and several covariates, the association was a ttenuated but remained borderline significant (p for trend = 0.051). In Model 3, after adjusting for additional health-related fa ctors, the OR for the highest quartile was 0.70 (95% CI: 0.47-1.05), with a significant p for trend of 0.029.Conclusions: This study suggests that higher dietary vitamin D intake may be associated with a reduced risk of LMM. Furth er longitudinal research is needed to confirm these findings and explore potential interactions between vitamin D and other di etary factors in muscle mass preservation.

    Keywords: NHANES, Low muscle mass, Vitamin D, Dietary vitamin D intake, nutrition

    Received: 28 Jul 2024; Accepted: 11 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tong, Teng, Peng, Wan and Zong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yilin Teng, Department of Spine Osteopathic, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
    Xiaoming Peng, Department of Spine Osteopathic, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
    Bocheng Wan, Department of Spine Osteopathic, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
    Shaohui Zong, Department of Spine Osteopathic, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China

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