%0 Journal Article %T Associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 level and skeletal muscle mass and lower limb muscle strength in Japanese middle-aged subjects %A Akiko Kuwabara %A Hiroshi Kondo %A Hitomi Fujiwara %A Kiyoshi Tanaka %A Misora Ao %A Naoko Tsugawa %A Natsuki Hosokawa %A Shiho Matsumoto %A Tetsuo Nakano %J Archive of "Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia". %D 2017 %R 10.1016/j.afos.2017.02.002 %X One of the important risk factors of falling is decreased muscle mass and muscle strength. Recently, there has been an increasing concern on the role of vitamin D in muscle strength and physical activity. Aim of our study is to examine the relationships between vitamin D status and muscle mass and muscle strength in middle-aged healthy adults %K 25-hydoxyvitamin D3 %K 24 %K 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 %K Skeletal muscle mass %K Lower limb muscle strength %K Japanese subjects %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372771/