A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adolescent girls in selected Indian states.
Nutr Health
; 25(1): 61-70, 2019 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-30304971
BACKGROUND:: Vitamin D deficiency among adolescents is an emerging public health priority as adolescence marks a period of rapid growth and the onset of the reproductive phase. However, lack of national prevalence data and intervention strategies is of public health concern. OBJECTIVE:: The objective of this study was to determine the pooled prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adolescent girls in selected Indian states. METHODS:: A systematic literature review was performed using three different search engines. The searches yielded nine eligible articles. Study quality was assessed for 10 different criteria. Meta-analysis was performed to estimate pooled prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adolescent girls and to assess the heterogeneity among selected studies. RESULTS:: A sample of n=1352 was used to study prevalence among adolescent girls. The random effects combined estimate for overall prevalence was 25.70% (95% CI 3.89-2137.9). High heterogeneity (tau2=1.71, I2=100%) was observed and seven out of nine studies showed low to moderate risk and two showed high risk of bias. The test for overall effect was observed to be Z=0.77 ( p=0.44). CONCLUSIONS:: High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adolescent girls identifies the need to introduce screening of adolescents and introduce proven public-health interventions such as fortification of foods to address deficiency.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamin D
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Vitamin D Deficiency
Type of study:
Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Asia
Language:
En
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Nutr Health
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2019
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Article
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