title: Vitamin D insufficiency in preadolescent African-American children.
abstract: To determine the proportion of vitamin D insufficiency in 6- to 10-year-old preadolescent African-American children residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and to estimate their therapeutic response to vitamin D 400 IU/day for 1-month, an open-label pre- and post-comparison of vitamin D status following vitamin D 400 IU daily for 1 month during winter and early spring was conducted. Outcomes included serum calcium, phosphorus, albumin, 25 hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D], 1, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D [1, 25 (OH) (2) D], parathyroid hormone (PTH), and markers of bone turnover (serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, and urine n-telopeptide crosslinked collagen type 1 [NTX]). Dietary intake of vitamin D was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire. Forty-one of the 42 enrolled subjects (mean age: 8.9 +/- 1.2 yrs [SD]) were analyzed, and 20/41 (49%) were vitamin D insufficient. Vitamin D insufficient group had a suggestive trend of being older (9.2 +/- 1.0 years vs. 8.5 +/- 1.3 years, p = 0.06) and more pubertally advanced (Tanner II: 7/20 vs. Tanner II: 1/21, p = 0.02). Mean dietary intake of vitamin D was 277 ( 146 IU/day (n = 41). Adequate intake for vitamin D (200 IU/day) was not met in 16/41 (39%); however, the dietary intake of vitamin D was not significantly different between the vitamin D insufficient and vitamin D sufficient groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Kumaravel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajakumar
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fernstrom
authors.forename: Janine E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Janosky
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Greenspan
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D002648:Child; D003094:Collagen / Q000652:urine; D024042:Collagen Type I; D006801:Humans; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000097:blood; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D010455:Peptides / Q000652:urine; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D011627:Puberty; D012621:Seasons; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D024042:Collagen Type I; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010455:Peptides; D012709:Serum Albumin; C052929:collagen type I trimeric cross-linked peptide; D015675:Osteocalcin; D014807:Vitamin D; D010758:Phosphorus; D003094:Collagen; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium