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Erschienen in: Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism 3/2018

06.07.2018 | Review Paper

Vitamin D Status in the North African Population: a Review

verfasst von: Aissam El Maataoui, Zohra Ouzzif

Erschienen in: Clinical & Translational Metabolism | Ausgabe 3/2018

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Abstract

Even though the North African countries are located in one of the sunniest place in the world, several North African studies from there proved a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in men and women. The objectives of the present review are to summarize the existing literature on vitamin D status and to list the main predictors of hypovitaminosis D in North African population. We searched Medline/PubMed, Cochrane, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, and Springerlink for the published data on vitamin D in North African countries. The identified articles had to meet all the following criteria: human clinical outcomes rather than animal experiments, a cross-sectional or longitudinal study and quantitative information on vitamin D status in North Africa must be included. Several studies proved a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in North African men and women. Also, these studies reported that determinants of vitamin D status were the culture of avoiding the sun, the wearing of the veil for women, the pigmented skin, the lack of vitamin D supplementation in the aliments, the breastfeeding for 2 years. This review on vitamin D status in North Africa indicates a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in men and women (among all age groups).
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Metadaten
Titel
Vitamin D Status in the North African Population: a Review
verfasst von
Aissam El Maataoui
Zohra Ouzzif
Publikationsdatum
06.07.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Clinical & Translational Metabolism / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1534-8644
Elektronische ISSN: 2948-2445
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12018-018-9247-y

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