ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2015
Dairy products consumption and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in Saudi children and adults.
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- The Association of Self-Reported Iron and Vitamin D Levels on Sleep Quality and Pain Perception in a Subset of Saudi Population.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Risk Factors in Women from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Relationship between 25 hydroxyvitamin D and lipid profile in Lebanese school children.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2018Article
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- The Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D and Its Associated Risk Factors Among Women of Reproductive Age in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical medicine insights. Women's health · 2018Review
- Factors associated to serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels among older adult populations in urban and suburban communities in Shanghai, China.BMC geriatrics · 2017Article
- The Prevalence of Micronutrient Deficiencies and Inadequacies in the Middle East and Approaches to Interventions.Nutrients · 2017Review
- Vitamin D and iron deficiencies among Saudi children and adolescents: A persistent problem in the 21Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationArticle
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Abstract
unlabelledVitamin D deficiency is implicated in several calcium deficiency-related disease conditions. We aimed to investigate vitamin D status and its association with consumption frequencies of various dairy products in Saudi population. Subjects consisted of 820 children (327 boys; mean age 14.9 yrs and 493 girls; 14.8 yrs) and 565 adults (249 men, 27.9 yrs and 316 women 32.2 yrs). We estimated the consumption frequencies of various dairy food products (fresh milk, powdered milk, laban, yoghurt and cheese) using a qualitative food frequency questionnaire and serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D). Associations between variables of interest were assessed by Pearson correlation analysis. Among the study subjects, 80% boys, 90% girls, 64% men and 50% women had deficient/insufficient levels of vitamin D. Modest associations were found between mean serum 25 (OH) D concentration and fresh milk consumption in children (r=0.11) (especially in girls (r=0.12)), and overall dairy products consumption in women (r=0.12).
conclusionResults indicated widespread vitamin D deficiency in Saudi Arabian children and adults. High level of vitamin D deficiency and a lack of strong correlation between dairy product consumption and serum level of vitamin D imply a need for adequate fortification of milk and other dairy products with vitamin D.
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