High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in school-age children in Tehran, 2008
A red alert
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Objective To assess the vitamin D status of 9–12-year-old primary-school children in Tehran during autumn and winter 2007–2008. Design A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting Primary schools of Tehran city, Iran. Subjects A total of 1111 children aged 9–12 years (573 boys and 538 girls) from sixty primary schools were enrolled in the study. Weight, height, BMI and serum levels of Ca, P, Mg, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), osteocalcin and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase of all the participants were assessed. Dietary Ca intake was also evaluated using a quantitative FFQ for a subsample of the study population ( n 503). Vitamin D sufficiency was defined on the basis of serum levels of 25(OH)D as either ≥37 nmol/l (criterion 1) or ≥50 nmol/l (criterion 2). Results Daily intake of Ca did not differ significantly between boys and girls (929·6 ( sd 436·7) mg and 909·5 ( sd 465·5) mg, respectively). However, on the basis of the first criterion, approximately 86 % of the children had vitamin D deficiency, with 38·3 % being severely deficient (25(OH)D r = −0·154, P r = −0·092, P = 0·002) but directly correlated with duration of sun exposure ( r = 0·115, P Conclusions The high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among schoolchildren (especially among girls) warrants immediate interventions for proper nutritional support
Alkaline phosphatase · Calcium · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Osteocalcin · Parathyroid hormone · Population · Vitamin D and neurology · vitamin D deficiency · Bone health and osteoporosis research · Chemistry · Medicine · Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research · Vitamin D Research Studies · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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