After participants were categorized into four groups according to the quartiles of serum 25OHD concentrations, an elevated trend of the Barthel index score (ranging from 64.6 in the lowest quartile to 82.5 in the highest quartile, P for trend <0.05) and a decreased trend of the sum of dependent ADL items (ranging from 4.8 in the lowest quartile to 2.6 in the highest quartile, P for trend <0.05) were observed.
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Prevalence of functional dependence in Chinese centenarians and its relationship with serum vitamin D status.
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