Assessment of vitamin D status in Czech children

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/75010330:_____/18:00012436

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5386" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5386</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5386" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a5386</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of vitamin D status in Czech children

Original language description

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of Czech children with vitamin D deficiency and examine related factors. METHODS: The study subjects were 419 healthy children aged 5 and 9 years. Severe vitamin D deficiency was defined as a serum 25(OH)D level of &lt; 25 nmol/L (3% of children), deficiency as that of 25-50 nmol/L (24% of children), insufficiency as that of 50-75 nmol/L (40% of children) and sufficiency as that of &gt; 75 nmol/L (34% of children). RESULTS: Serum 25(OH)D levels varied mainly with season. The highest levels of 25(OH)D were reached in autumn (median: 79.0 nmol/L), followed by summer (median: 67.8 nmol/L) and winter (median: 56.0 nmol/L). The lowest median value (49.8 nmol/L) was detected in spring. CONCLUSION: Children with sufficiency 25(OH)D levels were more frequently exposed to the sun and exposed a larger part of their body to the sun while spending time outdoors. Levels of 25(OH)D were also associated with using vitamin D supplements within six weeks before sampling.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

260-264

UT code for WoS article

000463167100003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85060158280