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Healthy changes in some cardiometabolic risk factors accompany the higher summertime serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in Iranian children

National Food and Nutrition Surveillance

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ID15097449
AuthorsBahareh Nikooyeh (0000-0002-0823-7593, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute), Zahra Abdollahi (0000-0002-4711-4510, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Majid Hajifaraji (0000-0002-4353-7866, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Hamid Alavi Majd (0000-0001-7772-2923, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences), Hamid Alavi-Majd, Forouzan Salehi (Ministry of Health and Medical Education), Amir Hossein Yarparvar, Tirang R Neyestani (0000-0002-0953-2594, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume21
Issue11
Pages2013-2021
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980018000630
PMID29580303
OpenAlexW2795311394
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited66

Objective To investigate seasonal variations of vitamin D status at different latitudes and if these changes are accompanied by corresponding variations in certain health parameters in children living in a broad latitudinal range in Iran. Design Longitudinal study. Subjects In total, 530 apparently healthy children aged 5–18 years were randomly selected from six regions of Iran with a latitudinal gradient from 29°N to 37·5°N. All anthropometric and biochemical assessments were performed twice during a year (summer, winter). High BMI ( Z -score >1), low HDL cholesterol ( 150 mg/dl) were considered cardiometabolic risk factors. Results Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) showed between-season variation, with significantly higher concentrations (mean ( sd )) in summer v . winter (43 (29) v. 27 (18) nmol/l; P r =−0·16; P r =−0·09; P =0·04) and total cholesterol ( r =−0·10; P =0·02) and di r ectly correlated with change of height-for-age Z -score ( r =0·09; P =0·04). Multiple stepwise linear regression analysis ( β ; 95 % CI) showed that winter serum 25(OH)D (−0·3; −0·4, −0·2; P v. girls: 9·7; 5·2, 14 · 1; P 33°N v. P =0·04) were predictors of change of serum 25(OH)D between two seasons. Conclusions Summertime improvement of vitamin D status was accompanied by certain improved cardiometabolic risk factors, notably serum TAG, total cholesterol and BMI, in children

Animal science · Anthropometry · Biology · Vitamin D and neurology · vitamin D deficiency · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Medicine · Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research · Vitamin D Research Studies · Internal Medicine

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Citation span2018 - 2018 (1)
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