Vitamin D deficiency and its predictors in a country with thirteen months of sunshine: The case of school children in Central Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Wakayo, Tolassa ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^a   Vatanparast, Hassan ^b   Whiting, Susan J ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUN EXPOSURE; TELEVISION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BODY MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84926500096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120963     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Gordon CM, DePeter KC, Feldman HA, Grace E, Emans SJ. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004; 158:531-7. PMID: 15184215
2. Grant WB. Vitamin D and health: Implications for high-latitude countries. J Orthomolec Med. 2006; 21 (1):37-47.
3. Fares JE, Choucair M, Nabulsi M, Salamoun M, Shahine CH, Fuleihan Gel-H. Effect of gender, puberty, and vitamin D status on biochemical markers of bone remodedeling. Bone. 2003: 33:242-7. PMID: 14499358
4. Iheanacho I, Hart S, Greenhough G, Barnett H. Primary vitamin D deficiency in children. Drug Ther Bull. 2006; 44(2):12-6. PMID: 16550812
5. Kumar J, Muntner P, Kaskel FJ, Hailpern SM, Melamed ML. Prevalence and associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in US children: NHANES 2001-2004. Pediatrics. 2009; 124(3):e362-70. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0051 PMID: 19661054
6. Garanty-Bogacka B, Syrenicz M, Goral J, Krupa B, Syrenicz J, Walczak M, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) in obese adolescents. Polish J Endocrinol. 2011; 62(6):506-11. PMID: 22144216
7. Holick MF. High prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy and implications for health: review. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006; 81(3): 353-73. PMID: 16529140
8. Papandreou D, Malindretos P, Karabouta Z, Rousso I. Possible health implications and low vitamin D status during childhood and adolescence: an updated minireview. Int J Endocrinol. 2010; doi: 10.1155/2010/472173, 1-7.
9. Holick MF. Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 80(suppl):1678S-88S. PMID: 15585788
10. Schoenmakers N, Goldberg GR, Prentice A. Abundant sunshine and vitamin D deficiency. Br J Nutr. 2009; 99(6):1171-3.
11. Grant WB, Holick MF. Benefits and requirements of vitamin D for optimal health: A review. Altern Med Rev 2005; 10(2): 94-111. PMID: 15989379
12. Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, et al. Vitamin D status and its determinants in adolescents from the Northern Ireland Young Hearts 2000 cohort. Br J Nutr. 2008; 99,1061-7. doi: 10.1017/S0007114507842826 PMID: 18197989
13. Lips P. Worldwide status of vitamin D nutrition. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010;doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.02.021.
14. Andiran N, Çelik N, Akça H Doʇan G. Vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2012; 4(1):25-9. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.574 PMID: 22394709
15. Bener A, AL-Ali M, Hoffmann GF. Vitamin D deficiency in healthy children in a sunny country: associated factors. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009; 60 (Suppl 5):60-70. doi: 10.1080/09637480802400487 PMID: 18946796
16. Khor GL, Chee WS, Shariff ZM, Poh BK, Arumugam M, Rahman JA, et al. High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BMC Pub Health. 2011; 11:1186/471-2458-11-95.
17. Whiting SJ, Calvo MS. Nutrition and lifestyle effects on vitamin D status. In Vitamin D. 3rd ed., pp 979-1009 [Feldman D D, Pike JW JW and Adams JS JS, editors] Academic Press, 2011. PMID: 22195157
18. Arabi A, Rassi RE, Fuleihan GE-H. Hypovitaminosis D in developing countries-prevalence, risk factors and outcomes. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2010; 6(10):550-61. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.146 PMID: 20852586
19. Hatun S, Om Islam, Cizmecioglu F, Kara B, Babaoglu K, Berk F, et al. Subclinical vitamin D deficiency is increased in adolescent girls who wear concealing clothing. J Nutr. 2005; 135:218-22. PMID: 15671216
20. Fuleihan GE-H, Nabulsi M, Choucair M, Maalouf J, Salamoun M, Khalife H, et al. Hypovitaminosis D in healthy schoolchildren. Pediatrics. 2001; 107(4):E53. PMID: 11335774
21. Manaseki-Holland S, Zulf Mughal M, Bhutta Z, Qasem Shams M. Vitamin D status of socio-economically deprived children in Kabul, Afghanistan. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2008: 78: 16-20. doi: 10.1024/0300-9831.78.1.16 PMID: 18654949
22. Moussavi M, Heidarpour R, Aminorroaya A, Pournaghshba Z, Pournaghshba Z. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Isfahani high school students in 2004. Horm Res. 2005; 64(1): 144-8.
23. Marwaha RK, Tandon N, Reddy DRH, Aggarwal R, Singh R, Sawhney R, et al. Vitamin D and bone mineral density status of healthy schoolchildren in northern India. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005; 82:477-82. PMID: 16087996
24. Sahu M, Bhatia V, Aggarwal A, Rawat V, Saxena P, Pandey A. Vitamin D deficiency in rural girls and pregnant women despite abundant sunshine in northern India. Clin Endocrinol. 2009; 70(5): 680-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03360.x PMID: 18673464
25. Egziabher TG, Stoecker BJ. Vitamin D insufficiency in a sunshine-sufficient area: Southern Ethiopia Food Nutr Bull 2013; 34(4):429-33. PMID: 24605693
26. Goswami R, Kochupillai N, Gupta N, Goswami D, Singh N, Dudha A. Presence of 25(OH) D deficiency in a rural north Indian village despite abundant sunshine. J Assoc Physicians India. 2008; 56, 755-757. PMID: 19263699
27. Vatanparast H, Nisbet C, Gushulak B. Vitamin D insufficiency and bone mineral status in a population of newcomer children in Canada. Nutrients. 2013; 5, 1561-1572 doi: 10.3390/nu5051561 PMID: 23673607
28. Bouillon R, Schoor NMV, Gielen E, Boonen S, Mathieu C, Vanderschueren D, et al. Optimal vitamin D status: A critical analysis on the basis of evidence-based medicine. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013; 98 (8), 1283-1304.
29. Glanz K, Yaroch AL, Dancel M, Saraiya M, Crane LA, Buller DB, et al. Measures of sun exposure and sun protection practices for behavioral and epidemiologic research. Arch Dermatol. 2008; 144(2):217-22. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2007.46 PMID: 18283179
30. Hanwell HEC, Vieth R, Cole DEC, Scillitani A, Modoni S, Frusciante V, et al. Sun exposure questionnaire predicts circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in Caucasian hospital workers in southern Italy. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010; 121:334-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.03.023 PMID: 20298782
31. Harinarayan C, Ramalakshmi T, Venkataprasad, Sudhaka D. High prevalence of low dietary calcium and low vitamin D status in healthy south Indians. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2004; 13(4): 359-65. PMID: 15563441
32. Harinarayan CV, Ramalakshmi T, Prasad UV, Sudhaka D, Srinivasarao PV, Sarma KV, et al. High prevalence of low dietary calcium, high phytate consumption, and vitamin D deficiency in healthy south Indians. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007; 85:1062-7. PMID: 17413106
33. Harinarayan CV, Ramalakshmi T, Prasad UV, Sudhaka D. Vitamin D status in Andhra Pradesh: A population based study. Indian J Med Res 2008; 127: 211-8. PMID: 18497434
34. Kruger M, Kruger I, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Kruger A. Urbanization of black South African women may increase risk of low bone mass due to low vitamin D status, low calcium intake, and high bone turnover. Nutr Res. 2011; 31(10):748-58. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.09.012 PMID: 22074799
35. Maddah M, Sharami S, Neyestani T. Vitamin D insufficiency among postmenopausal women in urban and rural areas in Guilan, Northern Iran. J Nutr Elder. 2009; 28(4):386-93. doi: 10.1080/01639360903393523 PMID: 21184380
36. Çizmecioglu FM, Etiler N, Görmüfl U, Hamzaolu O, Hatun S. Hypovitaminosis D in obese and overweight schoolchildren. J Clin Res Ped Endo. 2008; 1(2):89-96.
37. Luxwolda MF, Kuipersa RS, Kemaa IP, Dijck-Brouwera DAJ, Muskiet FAJ. Traditionally living populations in East Africa have a mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration of 115 nmol/l. Br J Nutr. 2012; 108(09):1557-61.
38. Al-Othman A, Al-Musharaf S, Al-Daghri NM, Krishnaswamy S, Yusuf DS, Alkharfy KM, et al. Effect of physical activity and sun exposure on vitamin D status of Saudi children and adolescents. BMC Pediatrics. 2012; 12(92); doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-92.
39. Al-Musharaf S, Al-Othman A, Al-Daghri NM, Krishnaswamy S, Yusuf DS, Alkharfy KM, et al. Vitamin D deficiency and calcium intake in reference to increased body mass index in children and adolescents. Eur J Pediatr. 2012; 171:1081-6. doi: 10.1007/s00431-012-1686-8 PMID: 22311168
40. Neyestani TR, Hajifaraji M, Omidvar N, Eshraghian RM, Shariatzadeh N, Kalayi A, et al. High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in school-age children in Tehran, 2008: a red alert. Publ Health Nutr. 2012; 5(2): 324-30.
41. Razzaghy-Azar M, Shakiba M. Assessment of vitamin D status in healthy children and adolescents living in Tehran and its relation to iPTH, gender, weight and height. Ann Human Bio. 2010; 37(5): 692-701. doi: 10.3109/03014460903527348 PMID: 20166840
42. Talaei A, Yadegari N, Rafee M, Rezvanfar MR, Moini A. Prevalence and cut-off point of vitamin D deficiency among secondary students of Arak, Iran in 2010. Indian J Endocr Metab. 2010; 16(5):786-90.
43. Marwaha RK, Tandon N, Reddy DHK, Mani K, Puri S, Aggarwal N, et al. Peripheral bone mineral density and its predictors in healthy school girls from two different socioeconomic groups in Delh. Osteoporos Int. 2007; 18: 375-83. PMID: 17160694
44. Puri S, Marwaha RK, Agarwal N, Tandon N, Agarwal R, Grewal K, et al. Vitamin D status of apparently healthy schoolgirls from two different socioeconomic strata in Delhi: relation to nutrition and lifestyle. Br J Nutr. 2008; 99: 876-82. PMID: 17903343
45. Rajakumar K, Heras J, Chen TC, Lee S, Holick MF, Arslanian SA. Vitamin D status, adiposity, and lipids in Black American and Caucasian Children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011; 96(5):1560-7. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-2388 PMID: 21367931
46. Rockell JE, Green TJ, Skeaff CM, Whiting SJ, Taylor RW, Williams SM, et al. Season and ethnicity are determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in New Zealand children aged 5-14 y. J Nutr. 2005; 135;2602-8. PMID: 16251618
47. Wortsman J, Matsuoka LY, Chen TC, Lu Z, Holick MF. Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000; 72: 690-3. PMID: 10966885
48. Webb AR, Engelsen O. Calculated Ultraviolet exposure levels for a healthy vitamin D status. Photochem Photobiol. 2006; 82;1697-703. PMID: 16958558
49. Gilbert-Diamond D, Baylin A, Mora-Plazas M, Marin C, Arsenault JE, Hughes MD, et al. Vitamin D deficiency and anthropometric indicators of adiposity in school-age children: a prospective study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010; 92(1):446-51.
50. Weng FL, Shults J, Leonard MB, Stallings VA, Zemel BS. Risk factors for low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in otherwise healthy children and adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007; 86: 150-8. PMID: 17616775