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Sunlight, dietary habits, genetic polymorphisms and vitamin D deficiency in urban and rural infants of Bangladesh.
Scientific reports - 7 Mar 2022
Das Subhasish, Hasan Md Mehedi, Mohsin Minhazul, Jeorge Didarul Haque, Rasul Md Golam, Khan Ar-Rafi, Gazi Md Amran, Ahmed Tahmeed
Abstract excerpt
We conducted an observational study to assess the prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency in 12-24 months old children living in urban and rural Bangladesh. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (free 25(OH)D) level, socio-demographic status, anthropometric status, dietary intake, exposure to sunlight and single nucleotide polymorphisms in vitamin-D pathway genes were measured in 208 children. Vitamin D...
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