prevalence of vitamin d deficiency among healthy school children in jaipur district, rajasthan, india

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indar sharawat sms medical college, jaipur, rajasthan, india.

sadashivam sitaraman sms medical college, jaipur, rajasthan, india.

lesa dawman sms medical college, jaipur, rajasthan, india.

چکیده

vitamin d deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency is 50-90 % in the indian subcontinent. this was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 male & 46 female) of age 5 to 10 years. we found that 33.33% (15 male &17 female) had vitamin d levels {25(oh) d} less than 25 nmol/l, 33.33 %( 14male & 18 female) had between 25- 50 nmol/l, 20.83% (14 male & 6 female) between 50- 75 nmol/l and 12.50% (7 male & 5 female) had more than 75nmol/l. our data indicate that 87.50% children (86% male and 89.13% female) of jaipur region have sub optimal and deficient vitamin d levels.

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international journal of pediatrics

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