Vanessa Radonsky, Marise Lazaretti-Castro, Maria Izabel Chiamolera, Rosa Paula Mello Biscolla, José Viana Lima Junior, José Gilberto Henriques Vieira, Cynthia Maria Alvares Brandão, Rodrigo Ferreira Ramalho, Sergio Setsuo Maeda, Marcia Wehba Esteves Cavichio
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and severe deficiency in children and adolescents, in a large Brazilian sample. METHODOLOGY: Results of 413,976 25(OH)D measurements in children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years collected between 01/2014 and 10/2018 were obtained from the database of a Clinical Laboratory. In this population, 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentrations below 20 ng/mL are considered deficient, and below 12 ng/mL as severe deficiency...
March 7, 2024: Jornal de Pediatria