VITAMIN D PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULT POPULATION OF THE AMUR REGION

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (60) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Романцова ◽  
Elena Romantsova ◽  
Борисенко ◽  
Elena Borisenko ◽  
Бабцева ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Of Life

The aim of the research is to study the availability of vitamin D among children of different age and pregnant women living in the Amur region. 339 residents of Blagoveshchensk (279 children of different age and 60 adults) were examined. Among them there were 129 toddlers, 90 children of preschool age of 3-6 years old, 60 adolescents of 15-17 years old and 60 adults (pregnant women) of 18-40 years old. In the blood serum the content of the metabolite of vitamin D [25(OH)D] was studied by high performance liquid chromatography. The assessment of risk factors for failure and deficiency of vitamin D was conducted by clinical and anamnestic data. The first results of the study have been presented. They indicate a high frequency of various vitamin D deficiency in the population of the Amur region. Among 339 residents of the Amur region 92 (27.1%) had an adequate availability of vitamin D, 144 (42.4%) had an insufficiency of 25(OH)D; at the same time vitamin D deficiency was identified in 90 (26.5%) with 1/3 of the child population and 1/4 of pregnant women. The level of 25(OH)D within normal limits found in 37.5% of children in the first year of life decreased till 3.6 % by 3 years old, with its deficit increasing from 29.1% to 50%, persisting at this level (45.5 percent) in 3-6 year-old children, declining till 23.3% in adolescents and till 23.3% in pregnant women. The average vitamin D in the studied age periods was the highest in the first year of life (36.14±4.3 ng/ml), and the lowest in 2-3 year-old children (19.31±14.68 ng/ml), with a gradual increase in 3-6 years old (21.77±0.96 ng/ml); in 15-17 years old (23.89±0.66 ng/ml) and in pregnant women it has reached a level of 27.75±0.18 ng/ml, remaining below normal values. Respiratory infections, digestion, bone and joint systems pathologies are the most important risk factors contributing to the low status of 25 (OH) D; their prevention, alongside with the correction of vitamin D deficiency can improve the health of the population of the Amur region.

scholarly journals Early Infant Feeding Practices as Possible Risk Factors for Immunoglobulin E-Mediated Food Allergies in Kuwait

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalal Alkazemi ◽  
Munirah Albeajan ◽  
Stan Kubow
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Immunoglobulin E ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
First Year ◽  
Antibiotic Exposure ◽  
Pediatric Allergy ◽  
Potential Risk Factors ◽  
Ige Mediated ◽  
First Year Of Life

Objective. Early feeding and infant exposures have been suggested as potential risk factors for immunoglobulin E- (IgE-) mediated food allergy (FA). We aimed to evaluate the association between IgE-mediated FA in children and early exposures including the child’s nutritional status, breastfeeding and its duration, the age at which the solid food was first introduced, antibiotic exposure during the first year of life, and the child’s vitamin D status during infancy. Design. A case-control study. Setting and Subjects. Children aged 0–13 years were recruited from pediatric allergy and immunology clinics (PAICs) located at major government hospitals in Kuwait (total FA cases: n=100; boys = 67%), and healthy controls (n=100, boys 55%) were recruited from various vaccination units at primary healthcare centers. Results. Cow’s milk allergy was the most common type of FA. FA status was independently associated with the early exposures of exclusive breastfeeding (aOR = 15.55 (3.26–74.19), p=0.001), vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency during infancy (aOR = 5.42 (1.92–15.30), p=0.001), and antibiotic exposure during the first year of life (aOR = 5.00 (1.58–15.84), p=0.006). Conclusions. FA is highly prevalent among children in Kuwait, and our data indicate that early nutrition-related and antibiotic exposures are associated with FA risk.

scholarly journals Vitamin D Deficiency in Children Despite Correctly Applied Rickets Prophylaxis

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 4332-4335
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
First Year ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
The Mean ◽  
First Year Of Life

Vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption and for maintaining bone health in the pediatric population. We conducted a retrospective study to establish the profile of a child aged under 3 years old with vitamin D deficiency in the context of correct prophylaxis, on a cohort of 49 children from two general practitioner offices. From the study group 30.6% of children (15 cases) had low vitamin D levels. The mean serum 25(OH)D level was 41.5±16.6 ng/ml. Regarding nutrition in the first year of life, breastfeeding predominated (83.7% of patients), and only 8.16% of patients had clinical signs of rickets. So, low serum levels of vitamin D can also be found in children who have successfully received correct prophylaxis with vitamin D. Keywords: vitamin D, children, rickets

scholarly journals Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women and Newborn

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelakanta Kanike ◽  
Naveen Kannekanti ◽  
Jenny Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Type I Diabetes ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Hormone Deficiency ◽  
Vitamin D Status

Vitamin-D is not only an essential element in bone health, but it is also a pro-hormone. Deficiency of vitamin D is the most common cause of rickets and is also known to increase the risk of respiratory distress syndrome, lower respiratory infections, food sensitivities, asthma, type I diabetes, autism and schizophrenia. Vitamin D deficiency limits the effective absorption of dietary calcium and phosphorus. Vitamin D status in newborns is entirely dependent on maternal supply during pregnancy. Low maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy is a major risk factor for rickets in infants. Rickets in children is caused by severe, chronic vitamin D deficiency with apparent skeletal abnormalities, but neonates with vitamin D insufficiency have no overt skeletal or calcium metabolism defects. Rickets was a global disease in the early twentieth century. It has nearly disappeared in developed countries after its causal pathway was understood and fortification of milk with the hormone vitamin D was introduced at the population level. Surprisingly, rickets is re-emerging per recent evidence. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in both developed and developing countries. The chapter will review the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and newborn population and its adverse effects on pregnancy and infant’s health. The chapter also describes evidence-based recommendations to prevent vitamin D deficiency in these vulnerable population.

Vitamin D deficiency and its associated risk factors in normal adult population of Birjand, Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Nakhaee ◽  
Mohammad Ali Yaghoubi ◽  
Asghar Zarban ◽  
Alireza Amirabadizadeh ◽  
Vahideh Faghihi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Normal Adult ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

scholarly journals Vitamin D status and vitamin D deficiency risk factors among pregnancy of Shanghai in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Yang ◽  
Wu Jing ◽  
Sheng Ge ◽  
Wenguang Sun
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density

Abstract Background There is increasing awareness that vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women may be associated with several adverse effects for the mother and newborn. The risks for vitamin D deficiency are unclear. This study was to assess vitamin D nutritional status and vitamin D deficiency risk factors among pregnant women in Shanghai in China. Methods This study is a cross-sectional study conducted in the Sixth Affiliated People’s Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. A total of 953 healthy pregnant women participated, serological examinations and other variables included serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], total blood cholesterol (TCh), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, triglycerides at the first antenatal visit (12–14 weeks) pregnancy parity and age, body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy, and completed OGTTs test. Associations between vitamin D deficiency and possible predictors (age group, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, and gestational hyperlipemia) were assessed with a multinomial logistic regression analysis. And also used to investigate the effects of 25(OH)D and the other variables on the occurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus. Results The mean vitamin D level of pregnancy was 16 (a range from 11 to 21) ng/ml, and severe vitamin D deficiency was 31.8% (303); vitamin D deficiency was 40.7% (388); vitamin D insufficiency was 25.1% (239); normal vitamin D was 2.4%(23). Vitamin D deficiency risk factors were age over 30, parity over 2, overweight, obese, and hyperlipemia. The increasing level of vitamin D nutritional status in pregnancy is significantly related to reducing gestational diabetes mellitus. Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus. Conclusions It is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Chinese pregnancy in Shanghai. Aging more than 30 years, the parity of more than 2, overweight and obesity, and hyperlipemia are risk factors for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus. Public health strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency should focus on those risks to promote health pregnancy of Shanghai in China.

scholarly journals Factors affecting vitamin D status in Moscow adolescents

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
I. N. Zakharova ◽  
E. A. Solov’yeva ◽  
T. M. Tvorogova ◽  
S. I. Lazareva ◽  
T. Yu. Vil’ken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gastrointestinal Pathology ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
The Impact

Justification of the study. The normalization of vitamin D levels in both children and adults is the goal of numerous studies around the world, and the setting of a number of objectives related to this vector of preventive medicine, dictates the need for a more detailed study of regional features of the status of calcidiol and the identification of both risk factors and risk groups. Aim of the study: to analyze the impact of risk factors on the provision of vitamin D to adolescents in the Moscow region. Methods: 360 children over 11 years of age (average age was 14.74 ± 1.92 years) who attended a children’s polyclinic for preventive check-ups or are under observation in a day-care centre. After the examination, all schoolchildren were determined to have serum content of calcidiol – active metabolite of vitamin D. Results: the analysis revealed low vitamin D levels in children, with a median of 16.1 ng/ml. Normal vitamin D levels were found in only 6.7% of cases. The following risk factors for vitamin D deficiency were identified in Moscow schoolchildren: time of year (p < 0.001), inclusion of such foods as fish (p = 0.021) and liver (p = 0.036), gastrointestinal pathology (p < 0.001), endocrine system pathology (p < 0.001), musculoskeletal system pathology (p = 0.045): course of chronic inflammatory process (p = 0.01) in the body. The correlation between acute respiratory diseases and calcidiol supply was analyzed: at low frequency of acute respiratory infections during the year, the median level of vitamin D was 17.1 ng/ml (Q1-Q3: 12.6-22.1 ng/ml), at an average frequency – 11.4 ng/ml (Q1-Q3: 8.45-16.05 ng/ml), at high frequency – decreased to 7.94 ng/ml (Q1-Q3: 5.89-9.06 ng/ml). Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency prophylaxis should be provided to children all year round, without a break for the summer months. If a child has a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency, the metabolite correction should be controlled by the calcidiol serum content.

scholarly journals Maternal Vitamin D Levels during Late Pregnancy and Risk of Allergic Diseases and Sensitization during the First Year of Life—A Birth Cohort Study

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2418
Author(s):  
Fui Chee Woon ◽  
Yit Siew Chin ◽  
Intan Hakimah Ismail ◽  
Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff ◽  
Marijka Batterham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Maternal Vitamin ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
First Year Of Life

Allergic diseases are the most common chronic illness in childhood. Findings from developed countries have reported associations between Vitamin D levels during pregnancy and offspring allergy risk. This prospective cohort study aimed to determine the associations between maternal Vitamin D levels during late pregnancy and allergic diseases in Malaysian infants during the first year of life. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations of 380 pregnant women in the third trimester were measured using a chemiluminescent immunoassay. Children’s allergic outcomes were assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months based on parental reports. Specific IgE antibodies against food and inhalant allergens were measured in infants at 12 months of age. A total of 43.2% pregnant women were Vitamin D deficient (<30 nmol/L) and 56.8% were nondeficient (≥30 nmol/L). A total of 27.6% of the infants had eczema, 6.1% had wheeze, 27.4% had food sensitization, 10.8% had inhalant allergen sensitization, and 3.8% had IgE-mediated food allergy during the first year of life. Compared with the nondeficient group, maternal Vitamin D deficiency in late pregnancy was not associated with any allergic outcomes after adjustment for potential confounding factors. In conclusion, the present study does not support an association between maternal Vitamin D levels in late pregnancy and allergic outcomes during the first year of life.

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