Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants at a tertiary healthcare facility in Nairobi, Kenya

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants at a tertiary healthcare facility in Nairobi, Kenya

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in exclusively breastfed infants at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Kenya (AKUHN). The relationships between 25-hydroxyvitamin D; 25OHD, parathyroid hormone (PTH), maternal vitamin D supplementation, and sunligh...

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Main Authors:	Nusrat Abubakar Said, Rose Wanjiru Kamenwa, Mary Slessor Limbe, Mitchel Otieno Okumu, William Maina Macharia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2020-08-01
Series:	Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:	25OHD vitamin D vitamin D deficiency parathyroid hormone vitamin D insufficiency exclusively breastfed infants
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972020000600726&tlng=en

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