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Vitamin D and Health

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ANNEX (4)<br />

Glossary<br />

1α-hydroxycholecalciferol A synthetic analogue of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.<br />

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D<br />

(1,25(OH) 2 D)<br />

7-dehydrocholesterol<br />

(7-DHC)<br />

25-hydroxyvitamin D<br />

(25(OH)D)<br />

Alfacalcidol<br />

Antigen<br />

B cell<br />

Biomarker<br />

Bone health indices<br />

Bone mineral content<br />

(BMC)<br />

Bone mineral density<br />

(BMD)<br />

Bone modelling<br />

Bone remodelling<br />

The main active metabolite of vitamin D in the body. Produced in the<br />

kidney from 25-hydroxyvitamin D.<br />

A sterol found in the skin of humans <strong>and</strong> animals that is converted to<br />

vitamin D 3 by the action of UVB rays in sunlight.<br />

A metabolite of vitamin D produced in the liver from vitamin D.<br />

Circulates in the blood <strong>and</strong> is a marker of exposure to vitamin D,<br />

reflecting vitamin D supply from cutaneous synthesis <strong>and</strong> the diet.<br />

Another name for 1α-hydroxycholecalciferol.<br />

Substance (usually foreign) that prompts the generation of antibodies<br />

<strong>and</strong> induces an immune response.<br />

See lymphocyte.<br />

A biochemical, physiological, or other indicator that is objectively<br />

measured to assess effects of normal biological processes, progress of<br />

a disease, illness, condition or response to an intervention.<br />

Biochemical markers that influence, predict or are associated with the<br />

processes of bone formation, bone resorption or other facets of bone<br />

metabolism.<br />

The mass of bone mineral in a skeletal unit (generally measured in<br />

grams (g), occasionally in g/cm cross-sectional width).<br />

The density of bone mineral in a skeletal unit (g/cm 3 ). When<br />

measured by single or dual-energy X-ray techniques it represents the<br />

mass of bone mineral measured within a scanned area (g/cm 2 ) <strong>and</strong> is<br />

not a true density measurement.<br />

The process of skeletal growth <strong>and</strong> development during childhood in<br />

which bone formation <strong>and</strong> resorption take place on different bone<br />

surfaces.<br />

Lifelong process of bone replacement <strong>and</strong> repair in which old bone is<br />

broken down (resorption) <strong>and</strong> replaced by new bone (formation or<br />

ossification) on the same bone surface.<br />

Calcidiol Another name for 25-hydroxyvitamin D.<br />

Calcifidiol Another name for 25-hydroxyvitamin D.<br />

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