Vitamin D deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is 50-90 % in the Indian subcontinent. This was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 Male & 46 Female) of age 5 to 10 years. We found that 33.33% (15 Male &17 Female) had vitamin D levels {25(OH) D} less than 25 nmol/L, 33.33 %( 14Male & 18 Female) had between 25- 50 nmol/L, 20.83% (14 Male & 6 Female) between 50- 75 nmol/L and 12.50% (7 Male & 5 Female) had more than 75nmol/L. Our data indicate that 87.50% children (86% male and 89.13% female) of Jaipur region have sub optimal and deficient vitamin D levels.
Sharawat, I. , Sitaraman, S. and Dawman, L. (2015). Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India. Journal of Pediatric Perspectives, 3(4.2), 801-801. doi: 10.22038/ijp.2015.4615
MLA
Sharawat, I. , , Sitaraman, S. , and Dawman, L. . "Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India", Journal of Pediatric Perspectives, 3, 4.2, 2015, 801-801. doi: 10.22038/ijp.2015.4615
HARVARD
Sharawat, I., Sitaraman, S., Dawman, L. (2015). 'Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India', Journal of Pediatric Perspectives, 3(4.2), pp. 801-801. doi: 10.22038/ijp.2015.4615
CHICAGO
I. Sharawat , S. Sitaraman and L. Dawman, "Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India," Journal of Pediatric Perspectives, 3 4.2 (2015): 801-801, doi: 10.22038/ijp.2015.4615
VANCOUVER
Sharawat, I., Sitaraman, S., Dawman, L. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India. Journal of Pediatric Perspectives, 2015; 3(4.2): 801-801. doi: 10.22038/ijp.2015.4615
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