Vitamin D levels and deficiency with different occupations: a systematic review

Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide, but some groups are at greater risk. We aim to evaluate vitamin D levels in different occupations and identify groups vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency. An electronic search conducted in Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials...

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Published in:BMC public health 2017-06, Vol.17 (1), p.519-519, Article 519
Main Authors: Sowah, Daniel, Fan, Xiangning, Dennett, Liz, Hagtvedt, Reidar, Straube, Sebastian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
25-Hydroxyvitamin D
25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D)
Analysis
Body composition
Calciferol
Health care
Health promotion
Health risk assessment
Humans
Indoor environments
Lead
Levels
Life Style
Medical personnel
Metabolites
Nurses
occupation
Occupational Health
Occupations
Occupations - statistics & numerical data
Physicians
Population
Prevalence
Reviews
Risk factors
Shift work
Smelters
Students
Studies
systematic review
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology
Vitamin D level
Vitamin deficiency
Workplace - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide, but some groups are at greater risk. We aim to evaluate vitamin D levels in different occupations and identify groups vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency. An electronic search conducted in Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and CINAHL Plus with Full Text generated 2505 hits; 71 peer-reviewed articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Occupations investigated included outdoor and indoor workers, shiftworkers, lead/smelter workers, coalminers, and healthcare professionals. We calculated the pooled average metabolite level as mean ± SD; deficiency/insufficiency status was described as % of the total number of subjects in a given category. Compared to outdoor workers, indoor workers had lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) levels (40.6 ± 13.3 vs. 66.7 ± 16.7 nmol/L; p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-017-4436-z