dc.contributor.author | Elizabeth Kagotho, Geoffrey Omuse, Nancy Okinda, Peter Ojwang | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-18T08:25:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-18T08:25:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2178 | |
dc.description | The article can also be viewed in full text via URL;https://link.springer.com | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Vitamin D has been known since the twentieth Century for its benefits in bone health. Recent observational studies have demonstrated its benefits in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. This has led to a dramatic increase in testing among adults.
The cut-offs for vitamin D deficiency have been debated for decades and the current cut off is derived from a Caucasian population. Studies done among black African adults in Africa are few with vitamin D deficiency ranging from 5 to 91%. A few cut- offs have correlated vitamin D deficiency to physiological markers such as parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcium and phosphate with varying results. | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_US |
dc.subject | Vitamin D deficiency;Cut-offs;Kenya;Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Vitamin D status in healthy black African adults at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |