Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone Levels, and the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Response to Lippi et al.
- Jared P. Reis, PHD1 and
- Denise von Mühlen, MD, PHD2
- 1Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Address correspondence to Jared P. Reis, PHD, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21287. E-mail: jaredreis{at}hotmail.com
We thank Lippi et al. (1) for their comment to our recent article (2) examining the cross-sectional relation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and parathyroid hormone (PTH) with metabolic syndrome and its components in a community-dwelling sample …
