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Subclinical Vitamin D Insufficiency in Korean School-aged Children

PURPOSE: Recently, vitamin D insufficiency has increased and has been correlated to growth and puberty in children. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of subclinical vitamin D insufficiency and its influence on school-aged children in Korea. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 397...

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Autores principales: Han, Sang Woo, Kang, Ha Ra, Kim, Han Gyum, Kim, Joo Hyun, Uhm, Ji Hyun, Seo, Ji Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511522
http://dx.doi.org/10.5223/pghn.2013.16.4.254
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author Han, Sang Woo
Kang, Ha Ra
Kim, Han Gyum
Kim, Joo Hyun
Uhm, Ji Hyun
Seo, Ji Young
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Kang, Ha Ra
Kim, Han Gyum
Kim, Joo Hyun
Uhm, Ji Hyun
Seo, Ji Young
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description PURPOSE: Recently, vitamin D insufficiency has increased and has been correlated to growth and puberty in children. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of subclinical vitamin D insufficiency and its influence on school-aged children in Korea. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 397 children aged 7 to 15 years who had been tested for 25-OH vitamin D3 among the outpatients of the Department of Pediatrics in Eulji General Hospital from March 2007 to February 2011. Data for age, sex, comorbidities, serum 25-OH vitamin D3, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and sunlight exposure time were collected before and after 3 months of vitamin D administration, retrospectively. RESULTS: Vitamin D insufficiency was present in 343 (86%) of the subjects. In the vitamin D insufficient group, chronological age was 8.96±1.72 years, mean height (z-score [z]) was 0.51±1.26, mean BMI (z) was 0.81±2.20, and bone age was 10.26±1.75 years. In the vitamin D sufficient group, chronological age was 9.61±1.77 years, mean height (z) was-0.66±0.98, mean BMI (z) was-0.01±1.16, and bone age was 9.44±2.12 years. A paired t-test showed that three months after vitamin D administration, the mean 25-OH vitamin D3 level in the insufficient group increased to 24.38 ±10.03 ng/mL and mean BMI (z) decreased to 0.67±1.06. CONCLUSION: In Korean school-aged children, vitamin D insufficiency were relatively higher and may be closely related with higher BMI. Insufficient rise of the level of vitamin D after supplementation suggest the new supplementation guidelines, especially for Korean children.
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spelling pubmed-39157302014-02-07 Subclinical Vitamin D Insufficiency in Korean School-aged Children Han, Sang Woo Kang, Ha Ra Kim, Han Gyum Kim, Joo Hyun Uhm, Ji Hyun Seo, Ji Young Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr Original Article PURPOSE: Recently, vitamin D insufficiency has increased and has been correlated to growth and puberty in children. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of subclinical vitamin D insufficiency and its influence on school-aged children in Korea. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 397 children aged 7 to 15 years who had been tested for 25-OH vitamin D3 among the outpatients of the Department of Pediatrics in Eulji General Hospital from March 2007 to February 2011. Data for age, sex, comorbidities, serum 25-OH vitamin D3, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and sunlight exposure time were collected before and after 3 months of vitamin D administration, retrospectively. RESULTS: Vitamin D insufficiency was present in 343 (86%) of the subjects. In the vitamin D insufficient group, chronological age was 8.96±1.72 years, mean height (z-score [z]) was 0.51±1.26, mean BMI (z) was 0.81±2.20, and bone age was 10.26±1.75 years. In the vitamin D sufficient group, chronological age was 9.61±1.77 years, mean height (z) was-0.66±0.98, mean BMI (z) was-0.01±1.16, and bone age was 9.44±2.12 years. A paired t-test showed that three months after vitamin D administration, the mean 25-OH vitamin D3 level in the insufficient group increased to 24.38 ±10.03 ng/mL and mean BMI (z) decreased to 0.67±1.06. CONCLUSION: In Korean school-aged children, vitamin D insufficiency were relatively higher and may be closely related with higher BMI. Insufficient rise of the level of vitamin D after supplementation suggest the new supplementation guidelines, especially for Korean children. The Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2013-12 2013-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3915730/ /pubmed/24511522 http://dx.doi.org/10.5223/pghn.2013.16.4.254 Text en Copyright © 2013 by The Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Subclinical Vitamin D Insufficiency in Korean School-aged Children
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511522
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