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Low Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency among Nepalese Infants Despite High Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency among Their Mothers
| العنوان: | Low Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency among Nepalese Infants Despite High Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency among Their Mothers |
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| المؤلفون: | Haugen, Johanne, Ulak, Manjeswori, Chandyo, Ram K., Henjum, Sigrun, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L., Ueland, Per Magne, Midtun, Øivind, Shrestha, Prakash S., Strand, Tor A. |
| المصدر: | 8 ; Nutrients ; 12 |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | D-vitamin |
| الوصف: | Background: Describing vitamin D status and its predictors in various populations is important in order to target public health measures. Objectives: To describe the status and predictors of vitamin D status in healthy Nepalese mothers and infants. Methods: 500 randomly selected Nepalese mother and infant pairs were included in a cross-sectional study. Plasma 25(OH)D concentrations were measured by LC-MS/MS and multiple linear regression analyses were used to identify predictors of vitamin D status. Results: Among the infants, the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (25(OH)D <50 nmol/L) and deficiency (<30 nmol/L) were 3.6% and 0.6%, respectively, in contrast to 59.8% and 14.0% among their mothers. Infant 25(OH)D concentrations were negatively associated with infant age and positively associated with maternal vitamin D status and body mass index (BMI), explaining 22% of the variability in 25(OH)D concentration. Global solar radiation, maternal age and BMI predicted maternal 25(OH)D concentration, explaining 9.7% of its variability. Conclusion: Age and maternal vitamin D status are the main predictors of vitamin D status in infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal, who have adequate vitamin D status despite poor vitamin D status in their mothers. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2432167; https://doi.org/doi:10.3390/nu8120825 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nu8120825 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2432167 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8120825 |
| Rights: | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FAA5B21B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nu8120825 |
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