Title |
Evaluation of sun holiday, diet habits, origin and other factors as determinants of vitamin D status in Swedish primary health care patients: a cross-sectional study with regression analysis of ethnic Swedish and immigrant women
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-14-129 |
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Authors |
Anne Björk, Åsa Andersson, Gunnar Johansson, Karin Björkegren, Annika Bardel, Per Kristiansson |
Abstract |
Determinants of vitamin D status measured as 25-OH-vitamin D in blood are exposure to sunlight and intake of vitamin D through food and supplements. It is unclear how large the contributions are from these determinants in Swedish primary care patients, considering the low radiation of UVB in Sweden and the fortification of some foods. Asian and African immigrants in Norway and Denmark have been found to have very low levels, but it is not clear whether the same applies to Swedish patients. The purpose of our study was to identify contributors to vitamin D status in Swedish women attending a primary health care centre at latitude 60°N in Sweden. |
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United States | 3 | 60% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Sweden | 1 | 20% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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Student > Bachelor | 9 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
Researcher | 6 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
Other | 12 | 19% |
Unknown | 14 | 22% |
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Social Sciences | 7 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
Other | 10 | 16% |
Unknown | 17 | 27% |