Serum Concentrations of Vitamin D Metabolites in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Medical Primatology
- Vol. 16 (6) , 349-357
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.1987.tb00345.x
Abstract
Serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), an index of vitamin D nutrition, and the calcium‐regulating hormone 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25[OH]2D) were measured in rhesus macaques of various ages. Both metabolites were much higher in monkeys than in man. For 25(OH)D there was no sex difference, and this metabolite increased with age (P > 0.05). The 1,25(OH)2D fell with age for males (P < 0.02), but not for females. Pregnant or lactating females had significantly elevated 1,25(OH)2D levels (P < 0.025).Keywords
Funding Information
- University of Toronto
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