Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among non-pregnant Jordanian women of reproductive age | Zendy

Erin Nichols | Zendy; Ibrahim M.D. Khatib | Zendy; Nancy Aburto | Zendy; Kevin M. Sullivan | Zendy; Kelley S. Scanlon | Zendy; James P. Wirth | Zendy; Mary K. Serdula | Zendy

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Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among non-pregnant Jordanian women of reproductive age

Author(s) -

Erin Nichols,

Ibrahim M.D. Khatib,

Nancy Aburto,

Kevin M. Sullivan,

Kelley S. Scanlon,

James P. Wirth,

Mary K. Serdula

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024

H-Index - 157

eISSN - 1476-5640

pISSN - 0954-3007

DOI - 10.1038/ejcn.2012.25

Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d deficiency , osteoporosis , osteomalacia , demography , vitamin d and neurology , gynecology , sociology

Vitamin D deficiency, a risk factor for osteomalacia and osteoporosis, is a re-emerging health problem globally. While sunlight is an important vitamin D source, previous investigations among women whose culture encourages skin covering have been small, not nationally representative, or both. We investigated serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D(3)) status and factors associated with deficiency in a nationally representative survey of 2013 Jordanian women of reproductive age in Spring 2010.

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