Vitamin D status and healthy Egyptian adolescents Where do we stand?

Faculty Medicine Year: 2021
Type of Publication: ZU Hosted Pages:
Authors:
Journal: medicin medicin Volume:
Keywords : Vitamin , status , healthy Egyptian adolescents Where , , stand?    
Abstract:
Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide public health problem. Low vitamin D and its consequences among children and adolescents could be considered as one of the most important health-related problems. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in healthy Egyptian adolescents and investigate factors associated with vitamin D status. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 572 school children (270 males and 302 females) aged 14 to 18years, who were randomly selected from high schools in one governorate in Egypt. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. Vitamin D level, serum calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphates were measured. Vitamin D deficiency was almost present in all the studied Egyptian healthy adolescents (99%), 94.8% had vitamin D deficiency and 4.2% had vitamin D insufficiency. Girls had a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency than boys. There was a significant association between lack of physical activity, sun exposure, and vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are highly prevalent. In sunny countries, the special pattern of conservative clothing and the lack of outdoor physical activity might be the underlying factors for the high prevalence in females. Vitamin D supplementation seems to be mandatory to halt the problem.
   
     
 
       

Author Related Publications

  • Ahmed Mohamed Elsehaat Abdelaal Gaballah, "Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and beta thalassemia carriers among relatives of beta thalassemia patients in Nile Delta region, Egypt: a multicenter study", Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2021 More
  • Ahmed Mohamed Elsehaat Abdelaal Gaballah, "Beta Thalassemia Carrier rate: Problem Burden Among High School Children", journal, 2022 More

Department Related Publications

  • Seham Fathy Abdelhamid Azab, "Serum trace elements in obese Egyptian children: A case-control study", biomedcentral, 2014 More
  • Seham Fathy Abdelhamid Azab, "IL6-174 G/C gene polymorphism and its relation to serum IL6 in Egyptian children with community-acquired pneumonia", elsevier, 2014 More
  • Seham Fathy Abdelhamid Azab, "Impact of socioeconomic status on severity and outcome of community acquired pneumonia among Egyptian children: A cohort study", biomedcentral, 2014 More
  • Seham Fathy Abdelhamid Azab, "Iron deficiency anemia as a risk factor for cerebrovascular events in early childhood: a case-control study.", springer, 2014 More
  • Seham Fathy Abdelhamid Azab, "Nutritional Biomarkers in Children and Adolescents with Beta-Thalassemia-Major: An Egyptian Center experience", hindawi, 2014 More
Tweet