Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants
Background: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it. Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected...
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doaj-03a88d0da6314fd99a99829156dfe5e62020-11-25T01:38:09ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702014-06-01181Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy InfantsMuhammad Waqas Ashfaq0Department of Pediatrics, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi Background: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it. Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected for quantitative determination of 25-hydroxy vitamin D level,by Enzyme immunoassay. X-ray wrists were done of Vitamin D deficient infants. Results: 25-hydroxy vitamin D level were found suboptimal in 50%,deficient in 15.3 and deverly deficient in 2.8%.Radiological studies of the wrists were conducted in infants having below suboptimal serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level which showed that 53.8% of the patients had radiological findings suggestive of Rickets and 46.2% were normal. Conclusion:Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D concentration was low in otherwise healthy infants. Vitamin D supplementation should be started early in infancy https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/380Vitamin D,icketsInfancy |
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Background: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in healthy infants in order to prevent Rickets and other conditions associated with it.
Methods: In this Cross Sectional Study, total 72 healthy infants of age 09 months to 12 months were selected .Blood sample (3ml) was also collected for quantitative determination of 25-hydroxy vitamin D level,by Enzyme immunoassay. X-ray wrists were done of Vitamin D deficient infants.
Results: 25-hydroxy vitamin D level were found suboptimal in 50%,deficient in 15.3 and deverly deficient in 2.8%.Radiological studies of the wrists were conducted in infants having below suboptimal serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level which showed that 53.8% of the patients had radiological findings suggestive of Rickets and 46.2% were normal.
Conclusion:Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D concentration was low in otherwise healthy infants. Vitamin D supplementation should be started early in infancy
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