Low vitamin D concentrations among indigenous Argentinean children living at high altitudes

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-210

  Hirschler, Valeria ^a   Maccallini, Gustavo ^a   Molinari, Claudia ^a   Aranda, Claudio ^a   Colque, Graciela ^b   Biancardi, Dolores Gonzalez ^c   Figueroa, Marcelo ^c   Urzagasti, Mirta ^b   Guerra, Nazarena ^b   Smithius, Fernando ^a   Onetoc, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital San Antonio de Los Cobres   (Argentina)

^c Centro Mater Salta   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diabetes risk; High altitudes; Koya Indian children; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; LIPID; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; CALCIFEDIOL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876804890     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12004     Document Type: Article

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