Background: Vitamin D is an essential prohormone for the normal skeletal and extraskeletal
health. Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is an unrecognized epidemic among children and …

Background: Vitamin D has an essential role in bone growth and metabolism. Currently, its
role has been investigated in different diseases. It is high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency …

Objective To assess the prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency among
preschool children in family health facilities in Birket El Sabaa district. Background Vitamin D …

Background: Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for bone growth, mineralization, and other
metabolic processes in the human body. Hence, insufficiency or deficiency of this vitamin …

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is a common condition prevalent among both developed
and developing countries where it is seen mostly in females. It has been linked to various …

Abstract Introduction/Background: Although vitamin D deficiency has been documented as a
frequent problem in studies of young adults, elderly persons and children in other countries …

Background and Aim: Vitamin D has a basic role in bone development and metabolism.
Regarding high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Iran, we aimed to investigate its point …

Background Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone that is well known to play a systemic role in
calcium homeostasis, skeletal metabolism, cellular differentiation, apoptosis, anti …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a health problem in different countries. Vitamin D
deficiency is an important health problem in both developed and developing countries …

Introduction: To determine the levels of vitamin D deficiency in a selected population of
Islamabad, Pakistan. Place and Duration: The study conducted at the Islamabad Diagnostic …