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Impact of Season and Diet on Vitamin D Status of African American and Caucasian Children.
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Clinical Pediatrics . Jun2011, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p493-502. 10p. 2 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Seasonal variation of vitamin D status and adequacy of dietary vitamin D and impact of race on maintaining vitamin D sufficiency was assessed in 140 healthy 6- to 12-year-old African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) children residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during summer and winter. Vitamin D insufficiency was not rare in either group (AA vs C, summer, 17.2% vs 14.3%, nonsignificant; winter, 34.1% vs 32.5%, nonsignificant) despite a mean dietary intake of vitamin D above the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended intake (400 IU/d; AA vs C, summer, 421 vs 456 IU/d, nonsignificant; winter, 507 vs 432 IU/d, nonsignificant). Race/season and dietary vitamin D were predictors of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations. However, dietary vitamin D influenced 25(OH)D only in Caucasians during winter. Current AAP recommended daily intake for vitamin D is inadequate for maintaining vitamin D sufficiency in children. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *VITAMIN D deficiency
*BLACK people
*CALCIUM
*CHI-squared test
*HUMAN skin color
*COMPUTER software
*DIET
*DIETARY supplements
*FISHER exact test
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MILK
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*NUTRITIONAL requirements
*RACE
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SEASONS
*STATISTICS
*SUNSHINE
*T-test (Statistics)
*TRAVEL
*VITAMIN D
*WHITE people
*DATA analysis
*BODY mass index
*CROSS-sectional method
*CHILDREN
*PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00099228
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 60695682
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922810397334