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Dietary Vitamin D Intake in Italian Subjects: Validation of a Frequency Food Questionnaire (FFQ).

Ranuccio Nuti, Luigi Gennari, Guido Cavati, Filippo Pirrotta, Stefano Gonnelli, Carla Caffarelli, Luciano Tei, Daniela Merlotti

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ranuccio NutiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Luigi GennariDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Guido CavatiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Filippo PirrottaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Stefano GonnelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Carla CaffarelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Luciano TeiItalian Study Group on Metabolic Bone Disorders (GISMO), 00132 Roma, Italy.
Daniela MerlottiDepartment of Medical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3338-6339
University of Siena · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese · ITCentro Studi GISED · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin D plays a crucial role in calcium and phosphate metabolism, relating to bone health and preventing metabolic bone disorders such as rickets and osteomalacia. Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-OH-D values <20 ng/mL or 50 nmol/L) is common also in Italian people; it is recommended to maintain levels above 30 ng/mL (75 nmol/L) in categories at risk. Supplementation and/or fortification with either ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) or cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) aimed to modify this condition have commonly been proposed. Studies about vitamin D intake are numerous in the literature but not adequately designed and are very often incomplete in Mediterranean Countries such as in the Italian population. On these bases, we performed a survey to validate a frequency food questionnaire (FFQ) specifically created to rapidly assess dietary vitamin D intake in Italian people. For this aim, the data of questionnaires were compared with results derived in the same population from a designed 14-day frequency food diary (FFD). Overall, a good correlation between FFQ and FFD was observed (r = 0.89,

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Vitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyCholecalciferolDietHumansItalySurveys and QuestionnairesVitaminsCholecalciferolVitamin DVitaminsfrequency food questionnairenutrientsnutritionvitamin D

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PMID37447294
PMCPMC10343775
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