Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Adolescents: Race, Season, Adiposity, Physical Activity, and Fitness

The objectives were to characterize the vitamin D status of black and white adolescents residing in the southeastern United States (latitude: approximately 33 degrees N) and to investigate relationships with adiposity. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured with liquid chromatography-tandem...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2010-06, Vol.125 (6), p.1104-1111
Hauptverfasser: YANBIN DONG, POLLOCK, Norman, STALLMANN-JORGENSEN, Inger Susanne, GUTIN, Bernard, LING LAN, CHEN, Tai C, KEETON, Daniel, PETTY, Karen, HOLICK, Michael F, HAIDONG ZHU
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Zusammenfassung:The objectives were to characterize the vitamin D status of black and white adolescents residing in the southeastern United States (latitude: approximately 33 degrees N) and to investigate relationships with adiposity. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectroscopy for 559 adolescents 14 to 18 years of age (45% black and 49% female). Fat tissues, physical activity, and cardiovascular fitness also were measured. The overall prevalences of vitamin D insufficiency (
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2009-2055