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ArticleIndian journal of pediatrics2022

Vitamin D Status of School-Age Children in North India.

Kriti Joshi, Eshita Bhowmik, Nirupama Singh, Vijayalakshmi Bhatia

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Kriti JoshiDepartment of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2403-0186
Eshita BhowmikDepartment of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India.
Nirupama SinghDepartment of Dietetics and Nutrition, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vijayalakshmi BhatiaDepartment of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India. bhatiaviji@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-664X

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Information on vitamin D deficiency in prepubertal children is scarce. The authors studied calcium intake, sunlight exposure, serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, 25-hydroxyvitamin (25OHD), and intact parathormone (iPTH) in the children (N = 135) attending the pediatric endocrinology clinic (declared normal after evaluation) and their healthy siblings. Serum 25OHD < 12 ng/mL was frequent (55.6%) and median (IQR) 25OHD lower [10.1 (11.4) ng/mL] in pubertal (n = 36) versus prepubertal (n = 99) children [36.4% (p < 0.05), 15.5 (13.2) ng/mL (p < 0.001)]. Girls had lower 25OHD [12.33 (10.32)] vs. [15.83 (13.37) ng/mL, p < 0.05], calcium intake [517.20 (405.5) vs. 623.6 (430.5) mg, p < 0.05], and minutes of sunlight exposure [MSE, 38.55 (42.86) vs. 63.4 (66.8) min, p < 0.01] than boys. MSE and body surface area (BSA) exposed were significant associations of 25OHD in a multivariate model. Vitamin D deficiency in children, both pubertal and prepubertal, assumes public health importance in the authors' region. Girls are at higher risk. Duration of sunlight exposure and BSA are modifiable factors.

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Vitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyChildFemaleHumansIndiaMaleParathyroid HormoneSchoolsSunlightParathyroid HormoneVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DCalcium intakeChildhoodNorth IndiaParathyroid hormoneSunlight

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