Vitamin D Insufficiency in Korea-A Greater Threat to Younger Generation: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008
- Title
- Vitamin D Insufficiency in Korea-A Greater Threat to Younger Generation: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008
- Author
- 최웅환
- Keywords
- RESPIRATORY-TRACT INFECTION; D SUPPLEMENTATION; CANCER-RISK; CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION; PARATHYROID FUNCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL; D DEFICIENCY; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D; WOMEN
- Issue Date
- 2011-03
- Publisher
- ENDOCRINE SOC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, v. 96, NO 3, Page. 643-651
- Abstract
- Context: Vitamin D status in the Korean population has not been adequately determined.Objective: To investigate the vitamin D status and the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in the Korean population, and also identify the predictors for vitamin D insufficiency in Korea.Design and Setting: The Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES IV) in the Korean population conducted in 2008.Participants: 3,047 males and 3,878 females aged 10 years and older selected in all the 16 administrative districts of South Korea.Main Outcome Measures: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH) D] levels and the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency defined as serum 25(OH) D level of less than 20 ng/ml.Results: Vitamin D insufficiency was found in 47.3% of males and 64.5% of females, whereas only 13.2% of male and 6.7% of female population had a serum 25(OH) D level of greater than 30 ng/ml. Vitamin D insufficiency was most prevalent in the age of 20-29, with a rate of 65.0% in males and 79.9% in females, and least prevalent in the age of 60-69 in males and 50-59 in females. Those who work usually indoors were more predisposed to vitamin D insufficiency. In the adult population, predictors for vitamin D insufficiency included young age groups, spring and winter seasons, living in an urban area, and indoor occupations.Conclusions: Vitamin D insufficiency is very common, and it is now a greater threat to the younger generation in Korea. Current recommendations for vitamin D intakes for Koreans are inadequate, especially for the youth. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96: 643-651, 2011)
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- https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/96/3/643/2596587
- ISSN
- 0021-972X
- DOI
- 10.1210/jc.2010-2133
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