Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Calcium Homeostasis in Saudi Children
Author(s) -
Adnan Al Shaikh,
Bahaa Abaalkhail,
Ashraf Soliman,
Ibrahim Kaddam,
Khalid Aseri,
Yousef AlSaleh,
Ali Al Qarni,
Ahmed Al Shuaibi,
Waleed Tamimi,
Abdel Moniem Mukhtar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.3301
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , homeostasis , calcium , calcium metabolism , vitamin , medicine , physiology , endocrinology
Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) are significant health problems all over the world. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of VDD and VDI in children and adolescents residing in 8 provinces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to also investigate calcium homeostasis in these subjects.
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