Open AccessVitamin 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.