[Plasma vitamin D levels in native and immigrant children under the age of 6 years of different ethnic origins]. / Niveles plasmáticos de vitamina D en población autóctona y en poblaciones inmigrantes de diferentes etnias menores de 6 años de edad.
An Pediatr (Barc)
; 82(5): 316-24, 2015 May.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Nutritional rickets is an emergent disease in Spain, and occurs particularly in black and dark-skinned infants and children from immigrant populations. The aim of this work was to ascertain the vitamin D reserve in a population of native and immigrant children under the age of 6 years. POPULATION ANDMETHODS:
A prospective study was conducted at a Primary Healthcare Centre in Salt (Girona). PATIENTS 307 children with the following origin and race distribution Caucasian (n=85; 28%), Sub-Saharan (n=101; 32.5%); Maghrebí (n=87, 28.0%); Central-American (n=20; 6.4%) and Indo-Pakistani (n=14; 4.5%). The biochemistry blood parameters studied were calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, 25-hydroxivitamin D, and parathormone. A nutritional survey was used to estimate calcium and vitamin D intake and degree of sun exposure.RESULTS:
Vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/ml) was detected in Caucasians (8%), Sub-Saharans (18%), Central-Americans (20%), Maghrebís (34.5%), and Indo-Pakistanis (64%). Of the children studied (n=9), 2.9% had serious vitamin D deficiency (< 10 ng/ml); only one child of Sub-Saharan origin met the biochemical criteria for classical rickets. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was significantly higher in children not receiving vitamin D supplements in the first year of life.CONCLUSIONS:
Plasma vitamin D concentrations were deficient in 22.5% of children under the age of six, being more prevalent in children of Indo-Pakistani and Maghrebí origin.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Estado Nutricional
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_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:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
An Pediatr (Barc)
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article