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ReviewNutrients2014

Vitamin D deficiency in India: prevalence, causalities and interventions.

Ritu G, Ajay Gupta

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Review in Nutrients, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04986319 (The Level of Serum Vitamin D And Parathyroid Hormone Among Different Bangladeshi Population Groups), which is not on this map. Cited by 197 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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197citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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NCT04986319 completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

The Level of Serum Vitamin D And Parathyroid Hormone Among Different Bangladeshi Population Groups

TypeobservationalSponsorBangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic DisordersRan2017 to 2021Enrolled556ConditionsVitamin D DeficiencyArmsSerum vitamin D assay
3 · Its place in the literature

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197 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 557 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ritu GCharak Foundation, P.O. Box 3547, Cerritos, CA 90703, USA.
Ajay GuptaCharak Foundation, P.O. Box 3547, Cerritos, CA 90703, USA. agupta@rockwellmed.com.
Rockwell Automation (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency prevails in epidemic proportions all over the Indian subcontinent, with a prevalence of 70%-100% in the general population. In India, widely consumed food items such as dairy products are rarely fortified with vitamin D. Indian socioreligious and cultural practices do not facilitate adequate sun exposure, thereby negating potential benefits of plentiful sunshine. Consequently, subclinical vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in both urban and rural settings, and across all socioeconomic and geographic strata. Vitamin D deficiency is likely to play an important role in the very high prevalence of rickets, osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and infections such as tuberculosis in India. Fortification of staple foods with vitamin D is the most viable population based strategy to achieve vitamin D sufficiency. Unfortunately, even in advanced countries like USA and Canada, food fortification strategies with vitamin D have been only partially effective and have largely failed to attain vitamin D sufficiency. This article reviews the status of vitamin D nutrition in the Indian subcontinent and also the underlying causes for this epidemic. Implementation of population based educational and interventional strategies to combat this scourge require recognition of vitamin D deficiency as a public health problem by the governing bodies so that healthcare funds can be allocated appropriately.

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Dietary SupplementsFood, FortifiedBone and BonesCanadaCausalityDairy ProductsFeasibility StudiesHumansIndiaNutritional StatusObservational Studies as TopicPrevalenceRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRicketsRural PopulationSunlightVitamin D

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