Correlates and family aggregation of vitamin D concentrations in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.

CONCLUSIONS: VDD prevalence was low in this study. Sociodemographic characteristics, diet and outdoor activity predict serum 25(OH)D. Family aggregation of serum 25(OH)D is high between mothers and children.
PMID: 28735597 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Public Health Nutrition - July 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Robinson SL, Ramirez-Zea M, Roman AV, Villamor E, Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome Study (NiMeCoMeS) Group Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research