Vitamin D concentrations in Asian children aged 2 years living in England: population survey
- 2 January 1999
- Vol. 318 (7175) , 28
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7175.28
Abstract
Editorial by Wharton Clinical review p 39 The Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the Department of Health carried out a survey between 1994and 1996of infant feeding practices of mothers of Bangladeshi, Indian, or Pakistani origin living in England.1 A blood sample was taken during October-November 1996from a subsample of children aged 2years for analysis of iron and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (vitamin D) concentrations. Details for iron concentration are published elsewhere. 1 2 We here report the vitamin D concentration. Vitamin D concentration was measured in 618of the children. No evidence was found of bias influencing the selection of this subgroup, which seems to be representative of Asian children in England. The table shows serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol concentrations for the three groups in comparison with data from the national diet and …Keywords
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