Pediatria

Vitamin D Deficiencies in Childhood

In the American population, vitamin D deficiency is widely spread, especially in childhood and above all among black people. Now, two new studies consider the problem in teenagers, too. In the first trial, performed in a medical center in Washington DC, the level of vitamin D has been measured in 92 children (averagely 11 years of age) affected by asthma and in 21 children with no respiratory problems (averagely 7 years of age). Black children with asthma have presented vitamin D deficiencies (25-OH-D < 20 ng/ml) higher than black children without asthma (54% vs. 5%).
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