Vitamin D levels and deficiency with different occupations: a systematic review

Autor: Daniel Sowah, Reidar Hagtvedt, Sebastian Straube, Xiangning Fan, Liz Dennett
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health
BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-25 (2017)
ISSN: 1471-2458
Popis: Background Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide, but some groups are at greater risk. We aim to evaluate vitamin D levels in different occupations and identify groups vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency. Methods An electronic search conducted in Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and CINAHL Plus with Full Text generated 2505 hits; 71 peer-reviewed articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Occupations investigated included outdoor and indoor workers, shiftworkers, lead/smelter workers, coalminers, and healthcare professionals. We calculated the pooled average metabolite level as mean ± SD; deficiency/insufficiency status was described as % of the total number of subjects in a given category. Results Compared to outdoor workers, indoor workers had lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) levels (40.6 ± 13.3 vs. 66.7 ± 16.7 nmol/L; p
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