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Determination of Vitamin D Status in a Population of Ecuadorian Subjects.
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- Evaluating low and high vitamin D levels in Ecuadorian cities from 2018 to 2022: interrupted time series and a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Multiple sclerosis in Central America and Caribbean countries: frequency and clinical characterization of an emergent disease.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Article
- Hypovitaminosis D in university workers in Southern Ecuador: interactions between gender and lifestyle.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Vitamin D status in the adult population of Bursa-Turkey.The European journal of general practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionVitamin D is a preprohormone known to play a key role in phosphocalcic metabolism; its main source comes from the synthesis at the skin level by ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the levels of vitamin D in an Ecuadorian population. MATERIALS AND
methodsRetrospective study of Ecuadorian subjects from the city of Guayaquil, who had an initial study of 25 (OH)-D serum, as the indicator of Vitamin D status, in the period of 2015-2016.
resultsA total of 269 Ecuadorian subjects were analyzed, with a mean age of 54.73 ± 16.58; 85% (229) were females and 15% (41) males; mean vitamin D was 27.29 ± 10.12 ng/dl [6.41-88.74]; 70% of the population showed levels below 30 ng/dL of vitamin D, whereas only 30% (81) had normal values. 69% (185) had levels between 29 and 10 ng/dl and 1% (3) levels below 10 ng/dl. High levels of vitamin D were evidenced in the summer months in relation to the winter months.
conclusionIt is evident that, despite the location of Ecuador and the intensity of UV rays it receives throughout the year, Ecuadorian subjects have insufficient levels of vitamin D.
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