ArticleNutrients2021
Prevalence and Correlates of Vitamin D Deficiency among Young South African Infants: A Birth Cohort Study.
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- Biochemical assessment of the nutritional status of infants, children and adolescents in South Africa (1997-2022): a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between Vitamin D Level and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D and the metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease-type 2 diabetes axis: a scoping-narrative review of global evidence and emerging perspectives for Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026Review
- The nutritional levels and status of vitamins among children in Henan, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of helminth infections during pregnancy on maternal and newborn Vitamin D and on birth outcomes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in eastern China from 2011 to 2021.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
- Vitamin D supplementation in a post-pandemic era: A narrative review.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023Review
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- Vitamin D Concentrations in Infancy and the Risk of Tuberculosis Disease in Childhood: A Prospective Birth Cohort in Cape Town, South Africa.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Vitamin D Deficiency in Children Aged Less than Two Years: A Cross-Sectional Study from Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Influence of maternal socioeconomic deprivation and living environment on newborn bloodspot 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Early-life vitamin D deficiency is associated with adverse child health outcomes, but the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates in infants remains underexplored, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates among young infants in South Africa. This study included 744 infants, aged 6-10 weeks from the Drakenstein Child Health Study, a population-based birth cohort. Infants were categorized into distinct categories based on serum 25(OH)D concentration level including deficient (<50 nmol/L), insufficient (50-74 nmol/L), and sufficient (≥75 nmol/L). Using multivariable Tobit and logistic regression models, we examined the correlates of serum 25(OH)D
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