TY - JOUR
T1 - 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, cholesterol, and ultraviolet irradiation
AU - Carbone, Laura D
AU - Rosenberg, E. William
AU - Tolley, Elizabeth A.
AU - Holick, Michael F.
AU - Hughes, Thomas A.
AU - Watsky, Mitchell Aaron
AU - Barrow, Karen D.
AU - Chen, Tai C.
AU - Wilkin, Nathaniel K.
AU - Bhattacharya, Syamal K.
AU - Dowdy, John C.
AU - Sayre, Robert M.
AU - Weber, Karl T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Ultraviolet Foundation and a General Clinical Research Center grant from the National Institutes of Health (M01RR 00211) awarded to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Vitamin D deficiency may have implications for cardiovascular health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) to cholesterol and lipoprotein particles and to determine whether increasing 25(OH)D through ultraviolet (UV) irradiation impacted on these parameters in healthy young men and women. This was a randomized trial of 51 adults exposed to suberythemal doses of whole-body irradiation using UV lamps that emitted UV-A and UV-B radiation, compared with a control group, twice weekly for 12 weeks. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, cholesterol, and lipoprotein subfractions were measured at baseline and after 12 weeks. There was a significant (P < .03) positive association between 25(OH)D and apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) and lipoprotein A-I (Lp A-I). The ratio of low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein was significantly (P ≤ .044) negatively correlated with 25(OH)D levels. The levels of 25(OH)D increased significantly in the treated compared with control group (P < .05). Overall, there were no significant differences between the treated and control groups in any lipoproteins or apolipoproteins after administration of UV irradiation. Subgroup analysis for Apo A-II confined to those with 25(OH)D insufficiency (25[OH]D <75 nmol/L [30 ng/mL]) revealed decreases in Apo A-II in the treated group and increases in the control group that were statistically significantly different between the groups (P = .026). We found a significant positive correlation between 25(OH)D and Apo A-I and Lp A-I and a significant negative correlation between 25(OH)D and the ratio of low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein. In those with vitamin D insufficiency, we found small decreases in Apo A-II in the treated relative to the control group. Overall, though, twice weekly exposure to UV radiation resulting in an increase in serum 25(OH)D had no significant impact on lipoprotein composition.
AB - Vitamin D deficiency may have implications for cardiovascular health. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) to cholesterol and lipoprotein particles and to determine whether increasing 25(OH)D through ultraviolet (UV) irradiation impacted on these parameters in healthy young men and women. This was a randomized trial of 51 adults exposed to suberythemal doses of whole-body irradiation using UV lamps that emitted UV-A and UV-B radiation, compared with a control group, twice weekly for 12 weeks. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, cholesterol, and lipoprotein subfractions were measured at baseline and after 12 weeks. There was a significant (P < .03) positive association between 25(OH)D and apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) and lipoprotein A-I (Lp A-I). The ratio of low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein was significantly (P ≤ .044) negatively correlated with 25(OH)D levels. The levels of 25(OH)D increased significantly in the treated compared with control group (P < .05). Overall, there were no significant differences between the treated and control groups in any lipoproteins or apolipoproteins after administration of UV irradiation. Subgroup analysis for Apo A-II confined to those with 25(OH)D insufficiency (25[OH]D <75 nmol/L [30 ng/mL]) revealed decreases in Apo A-II in the treated group and increases in the control group that were statistically significantly different between the groups (P = .026). We found a significant positive correlation between 25(OH)D and Apo A-I and Lp A-I and a significant negative correlation between 25(OH)D and the ratio of low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein. In those with vitamin D insufficiency, we found small decreases in Apo A-II in the treated relative to the control group. Overall, though, twice weekly exposure to UV radiation resulting in an increase in serum 25(OH)D had no significant impact on lipoprotein composition.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.01.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 18502255
AN - SCOPUS:43849099334
SN - 0026-0495
VL - 57
SP - 741
EP - 748
JO - Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
JF - Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
IS - 6
ER -
