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J Nutr Food Sci
ISSN: 2155-9600 JNFS, an open access journal
Nutritionists 2017
October 02-03, 2017
October 02-03, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17
th
Global Dieticians and
Nutritionists Annual Meeting
Vitamin D status among the juvenile population living in the United Arab Emirates: A retrospective
study
Afrozul Haq
1
, Nighat Y Sofi
2
and Jitka Svobodova
3
1
Gulf Diagnostic Center Hospital, UAE
2
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
3
Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
V
itamin D deficiency is a clinical problem and recently we have shown that 82.5% of our study cohort had inadequate
serum 25(OH)D levels. In this study, we analyzed serum 25(OH)D levels of juvenile patients admitted to a Hospital
in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 2012 to September 2014. Out of a total 8,113 studied juvenile
patients, almost 60% of females and 45% of males in the age group of 1-18 years were found to have low serum 25(OH)D levels
(≤30 nmol/L). According to the coefficient of variation among juvenile’s females had significantly higher variability (63.82%)
than males (49.97%). Among juveniles, age appears to be an important determinant factor for defining vitamin D deficiency.
Vitamin D deficiency was found to be present in 9.5% of patients in the age group of 1-3 years followed by 56.4% of patients
in the age group of 7-9 years and 79.9% of patients in the age group of 13-15 years. In all the analyzed age groups females
were found to have lower levels of 25(OH)D than males. It is important and perhaps alarming to note that such higher rate of
vitamin D deficiency is present in the juvenile population but highest in teenagers.
haq2000@gmail.comJ Nutr Food Sci 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9600-C1-051