Effects of seasonal variation and maternal clothing style on vitamin D levels of mothers and their infants.
Turk J Pediatr
; 56(5): 475-81, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-26022581
ABSTRACT
In Turkey, vitamin D deficiency has been seen in children as well as in their mothers. We assessed the vitamin D status of 83 infants and their mothers, categorized into four groups according to season and mothers' clothing style. We measured serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D, calcium, inorganic phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase in each mother-infant pair. In the summer, the rate of vitamin D deficiency was higher in mothers who wore clothing that covered nearly all of the body (55%) than in mothers whose clothing covered less of the body (13.6%) (p=0.016). In the winter, nearly half of both groups of mothers had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, and there were no significant differences based on their clothing style (p>0.05). In all groups of infants, vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency rates were found to be very low. It seems that 400 IU/daily vitamin D intake is adequate for infants in Turkey; for mothers, we propose vitamin D supplementation during the pregnancy and lactation period.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estações do Ano
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Vitamina D
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Vestuário
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Turk J Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia