Open AccessComparative analysis of vitamin D content in population of different climatic zones of Carpathian region
Author(s) -
В В Поворознюк,
І.V. Pankiv
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bukovinsʹkij medičnij vìsnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-0737
pISSN - 1684-7903
DOI - 10.24061/2413-0737.xviii.4.72.2014.206
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , low altitude , residence , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin , population , effects of high altitude on humans , geography , zoology , biology , demography , endocrinology , mathematics , meteorology , geometry , sociology
The adequate vitamin D intake is found only in 19,5 % of inspected habitants of Carpathian region. The vitamin D deficiency is marked in 135 (80,5 %) and among them severe form is detected in 48 (28,4 %) of the inspected people. Frequency of vitamin D deficiency depends on a residence and increases with the height above a sea level. 25 (ОН) D level is higher among the ihabitants of low altitude region (27,14±1,26 nmol/l) comparatively with data of middle altitude region (21,37±1,34 nmol/l) and high altitude region (15,56±1,04 nmol/l).