Vitamin D status and associated factors of deficiency among Jordanian children of preschool age.
Eur J Clin Nutr
; 69(1): 90-5, 2015 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:
Vitamin D deficiency in children remains a global concern. Although literature exists on the vitamin D status and its risk factors among children in the Middle East, findings have yielded mixed results, and large, representative community studies are lacking. SUBJECTS/METHODS:
In a nationally representative survey of 1077 Jordanian children of preschool age (12-59 months) in Spring 2010, we measured 25(OH)D3 concentrations by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and calculated prevalence ratios for deficiency associated with various factors.RESULTS:
RESULTS showed 19.8% (95% confidence interval (CI) 16.4-23.3%) deficiency (<12 ng/ml) and 56.5% (95% CI 52.0-61.0%) insufficiency (<20 ng/ml). In adjusted models, prevalence of deficiency was higher for females compared with males (prevalence ratio (PR)=1.74, 95% CI 1.22-2.47, P=0.002) and lower for children 24-35 months of age (PR=0.64, 95% CI 0.44-0.92, P=0.018) compared with children 12-23 months of age. In rural areas, there was no difference in prevalence of vitamin D deficiency between those whose mothers had/did not have vitamin D deficiency (P=0.312); however, in urban areas, prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 3.18 times greater among those whose mothers were vitamin D deficient compared with those whose mothers were not deficient (P=0.000).CONCLUSIONS:
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency pose significant public health problems in Jordanian children with female children disproportionately affected. Strong associations between vitamin D status in children and urban residency and maternal vitamin D status suggest that the behaviors related to sun exposure in urban mothers likely also affect the sun exposure and thus vitamin D status of their children.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Calcifediol
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article