| Title: |
Vitamin D deficiency and its association with iron deficiency in African children |
| Authors: |
Mogire, RM; Muriuki, JM; Morovat, A; Mentzer, AJ; Webb, EL; Kimita, W; Ndungu, FM; Macharia, AW; Cutland, CL; Sirima, SB; Diarra, A; Tiono, AB; Lule, SA; Madhi, SA; Prentice, AM; Bejon, P; Pettifor, JM; Elliott, AM; Adeyemo, A; Williams, TN; Atkinson, SH |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) |
| Description: |
Vitamin D regulates the master iron hormone hepcidin, and iron in turn alters vitamin D metabolism. Although vitamin D and iron deficiency are highly prevalent globally, little is known about their interactions in Africa. To evaluate associations between vitamin D and iron status we measured markers of iron status, inflammation, malaria parasitemia, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations in 4509 children aged 0.3 months to 8 years living in Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, and South Africa. Prevalence of iron deficiency was 35.1%, and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 0.6% and 7.8% as defined by 25(OH)D concentrations of |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071372 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/nu14071372 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071372; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cfdc559c-92b5-4c16-85dd-2e94c5c06380 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; CC Attribution (CC BY) |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.BA4282D |
| Database: |
BASE |