[Representative studies of the vitamin D status of 2-year-old children in Frankfurt am Main].
In a representative sample population of 421 two-year-old Frankfurt children studied for vitamin-D nutritional status, only one case of subclinical rickets was discovered. 93.3% of the children have been a regular vitamin-D supplements during the first 12 month of life, but only 32.7% of them continued to receive the supplement beyond the age of one year. Risk groups were not identified, neither with regard to ethnic groups, nor smaller vitamin-D doses, or any other aspect.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000517:prevention & control; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*
D014807:Vitamin D
Repräsentative Untersuchungen zur Vitamin-D-Versorgung zweijähriger Kleinkinder in Frankfurt/M.