Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among Palestinian females of childbearing age: A case control study
| Autor: | Ahmad M. Tabash, Saleh Nazmy Mwafy, Wesam Mohammad Afana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty Vitamin D deficiency Nutrition and Dietetics Dose Nutrition. Foods and food supply business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Public health Case-control study Physiology medicine.disease vitamin D deficiency chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure Females chemistry White blood cell Vitamin D and neurology Childbearing age Medicine TX341-641 Hemoglobin Gaza Palestine business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nutrition Open Science, Vol 35, Iss, Pp 26-33 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2667-2685 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nutos.2020.12.001 |
| Popis: | Summary: Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem and affecting more people in Middle Eastern countries. We set up the present work to investigate vitamin D status and its deficiency determinants among Palestinian females of childbearing age. Materials and methods: In this study follow up interventional study we recruited 50 vitamin D deficient adult females (17–40 years) and were assigned to receive, under physician supervision, a daily oral dosages of vitamin D3 (4000 IU) plus 600 mg of calcium for 3 successive months. Also, we included equal number of apparently healthy individuals as a control for baseline comparisons. Relevant hematological and biochemical parameters were measured, statistically analyzed and compared with control as well as with baseline values. Results: Baseline comparison reveals significant lower hemoglobin level, red blood cell count and significantly higher white blood cell and platelets counts among vitamin D deficient females (P-value |
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