Vitamin D deficiency: a concern in premenopausal Bangladeshi women of two socio-economic groups in rural and urban region

The study was designed to evaluate the vitamin D status in women of different physiological status of two socio-economic groups in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study, using serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase activity. Two regions of Bangladesh. The Dhak...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2002, Vol.56 (1), p.51-56
Main Authors: ISLAM, M. Z, LAMBERG-ALLARDT, C, KÄRKKÄINEN, M, OUTILA, T, SALAMATULLAH, Q, SHAMIM, A. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Alkaline Phosphatase - blood
Analysis of Variance
Bangladesh
Biological and medical sciences
Calcium
Calcium - blood
Clinical nutrition
Cross-Sectional Studies
Economics
Environment. Living conditions
Female
Groups
Humans
Hydroxycholecalciferols - blood
Lactation - blood
Low income groups
Medical sciences
Menopause
Metabolic diseases
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Phosphates - blood
Physiology
Pregnancy - blood
Pregnancy - ethnology
Premenopause - blood
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk factors
Rural areas
Rural Population
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Urban areas
Urban Population
Vitamin D
Vitamin D Deficiency - blood
Women
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Summary:The study was designed to evaluate the vitamin D status in women of different physiological status of two socio-economic groups in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study, using serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase activity. Two regions of Bangladesh. The Dhaka city area and west region of Nandail (Betagair Union), Mymensingh. Representative subjects of two groups (low socio-economic group=group L, n=99; and high socio-economic group=group H, n=90) of Bangladeshi women aged 16-40 y. About 87% of the subjects were housewives and the rest, 13%, were distributed among other different professions. Each group comprised of three sub-groups (non-pregnant non-lactating=1, pregnant=2, and lactating=3). The influence of socio-economic status and physiological status on serum 25-OHD concentration (P=0.038, P=0.015, respectively), serum calcium concentration (P
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601284