ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2013
Importance of vitamin D and vitamin D levels status in Puerto Ricans.
Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Circulating Vitamin D Levels and DNA Repair Capacity in Four Molecular Subtypes of Women with Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Trial
- Serum Vitamin D and Depressive Symptomatology among Boston-Area Puerto Ricans.The Journal of nutrition · 2020Article
- Effect of soluble corn fiber supplementation for 1 year on bone metabolism in children, the MetA-bone trial: Rationale and design.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Dietary Intake and Its Determinants Among Adults Living in the Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Comprehensive review of neuromyelitis optica and clinical characteristics of neuromyelitis optica patients in Puerto Rico.Surgical neurology international · 2018Review
- Correlates and family aggregation of vitamin D concentrations in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- Low vitamin D status strongly associated with periodontitis in Puerto Rican adults.BMC oral health · 2016Article
- Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in a Clinic-Based Sample of Hispanic Adults.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2016Article
- Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency among Young Physicians at University District Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Puerto Rico health sciences journal · 2015Article
- Vitamin D status is inversely associated with obesity in a clinic-based sample in Puerto Rico.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Inverse Association between Vitamin D Status and Diabetes in a Clinic Based Sample of Hispanic Adults in Puerto Rico.Diabetes research (Fairfax, Va.) · 2015Article
- Hypovitaminosis D in healthy children in Central Thailand: prevalence and risk factors.BMC public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
There is growing and compelling evidence demonstrating the extra-skeletal role of vitamin D and the importance of maintaining adequate levels of this nutrient. Currently, there is very limited information available on the vitamin D status in children and adults in underserved groups, including Puerto Ricans. We assessed the vitamin D status of 4,090 Puerto Ricans living in six geographical regions in the island. Only 31.5% of the studied population had sufficient vitamin D levels (>30 ng/ml). The 18-39 year age group and the females showed inadequate (<30 ng/ml) levels of vitamin D (76.9% and 69.8%, respectively). Participants aged 60 or older showed the highest mean values of serum 25(OH)D (28.8 ng/ml) and the highest percentage (37.1%) of sufficient levels (>30 ng/ml). Future studies are certainly warranted to understand the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and influencing factors (including obesity) in Puerto Ricans.
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