title: [A pilot study of hypovitaminosis D in apparently healthy, veiled, Turkish women: severe vitamin D deficiency in 82%].
abstract: A pilot study was performed in March 2001 in order to estimate the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in veiled women in the Netherlands. In a group of 51 Turkish women aged 14-63 years, 42 (82%) were severely deficient (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) < 20 nmol/l), and 4 (8%) were moderately deficient (25(OH)D: 20-30 nmol/l). About half of the deficient women complained of muscle pain, muscle weakness or fatigue. These results confirm the presence of a serious public health problem with regard to vitamin D amongst veiled women.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Eemland, locatie De Lichtenberg, Utrechtseweg 160, 3818 ES Amersfoort.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grootjans-Geerts
authors.forename: J P M
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wielders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003020:Clothing / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D013472:Sunlight; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000208:ethnology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D