Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants
Background: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it. Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected f...
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Rawalpindi Medical University
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| description | Background: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it.
Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected for quantitative determination of 25-hydroxy vitamin D level,by Enzyme immunoassay. X-ray wrists were done of Vitamin D deficient infants.
Results: 25-hydroxy vitamin D level were found suboptimal in 50%,deficient in 15.3 and deverly deficient in 2.8%.Radiological studies of the wrists were conducted in infants having below suboptimal serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level which showed that 53.8% of the patients had radiological findings suggestive of Rickets and 46.2% were normal.
Conclusion:Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D concentration was low in otherwise healthy infants. Vitamin D supplementation should be started early in infancy |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03a88d0da6314fd99a99829156dfe5e62022-12-22T01:17:14ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702014-06-01181Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy InfantsMuhammad Waqas Ashfaq0Department of Pediatrics, Benazir Bhutto Hospital RawalpindiBackground: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it. Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected for quantitative determination of 25-hydroxy vitamin D level,by Enzyme immunoassay. X-ray wrists were done of Vitamin D deficient infants. Results: 25-hydroxy vitamin D level were found suboptimal in 50%,deficient in 15.3 and deverly deficient in 2.8%.Radiological studies of the wrists were conducted in infants having below suboptimal serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level which showed that 53.8% of the patients had radiological findings suggestive of Rickets and 46.2% were normal. Conclusion:Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D concentration was low in otherwise healthy infants. Vitamin D supplementation should be started early in infancyhttps://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/380Vitamin D,icketsInfancy |
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| title | Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants |
| title_full | Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants |
| title_short | Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants |
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| topic | Vitamin D, ickets Infancy |
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