Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in the regulation of calcium-phosphorus metabolism,
particularly during pediatric age when nutritional rickets and impaired bone mass acquisition …

Vitamin D deficiency, which classically manifests as bone disease (either rickets or
osteomalacia), is characterized by impaired bone mineralization. More recently, the term …

This Clinical Report was retired October 2012. Rickets in infants attributable to inadequate
vitamin D intake and decreased exposure to sunlight continues to be reported in the United …

The prevalence of clinical vitamin D deficiency (rickets and osteomalacia) is high in many
parts of the world, and there is a resurgence of rickets among children of ethnic minority …

Context: Public health authorities around the world recommend widely variable
supplementation strategies for adults, whereas several professional organizations, including …

OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to characterize the vitamin D status of black and white
adolescents residing in the southeastern United States (latitude:∼ 33° N) and to investigate …

The field of vitamin D public health research has a pressing need to define sensitive and
specific predictors of vitamin D status that can be used to determine whether an individual or …

The recommended level for serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) in infants, children,
adolescents and during pregnancy and lactation is≥ 50 nmol/L. This level may need to be …

Objective: Recent studies have shown a broad prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults.
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels were reported to be inversely related to body …

Objective To review the published literature on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in
US children. Data Sources Articles were identified by searching MEDLINE using25 …