Johanna Oberg1, Rolf Jorde2, Bjørg Almås3, Nina Emaus4, Guri Grimnes2. 1. Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway johanna.oberg@hotmail.com. 2. Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway University Hospital of North Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, Tromsø, Norway. 3. Haukeland University Hospital, The Hormone Laboratory, Bergen, Norway. 4. Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Abstract
AIM: The aim was to study vitamin D status in a healthy adolescent Norwegian population at 69°N. METHODS: The data presented come from The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures, during the school year 2010/2011 (not including the summer months), where 1,038 (92% of those invited) participated. Physical examinations, questionnaires and blood samples were collected, and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. RESULTS: RESULTS are presented from 475 boys and 415 girls (15-18 years old) with available blood samples. A total of 60.2% had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency (serum 25(OH)D <50 nmol/l), 16.5% were deficient (<25 nmol/l) and 1.6% had severe vitamin D deficiency (<12.5 nmol/l). Only 12.4% had levels >75 nmol/l. A significant gender difference with a mean (SD) serum 25(OH)D level of 40.5 (20.5) nmol/l in boys and 54.2 (23.2) nmol/l in girls (p <0.01) was present. Furthermore, 51.3% of girls had levels >50 nmol/l in comparison to 29.7% of boys (p <0.01). There was an inverse correlation between parathyroid hormone levels and 25(OH)D, rs= -0.30 (p<0.01). Explanatory factors that were significantly associated with serum 25(OH)D levels in multivariate models were use of snuff, consumption of vitamin D fortified milk, cod liver oil and vitamin/mineral supplements, physical activity, sunbathing holiday and use of solarium in boys, and vitamin/mineral supplements, physical activity, sunbathing holiday and use of solarium in girls . CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent during the school year among adolescents in northern Norway, particularly among boys.
AIM: The aim was to study vitamin D status in a healthy adolescent Norwegian population at 69°N. METHODS: The data presented come from The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures, during the school year 2010/2011 (not including the summer months), where 1,038 (92% of those invited) participated. Physical examinations, questionnaires and blood samples were collected, and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. RESULTS: RESULTS are presented from 475 boys and 415 girls (15-18 years old) with available blood samples. A total of 60.2% had vitamin Ddeficiency or insufficiency (serum 25(OH)D <50 nmol/l), 16.5% were deficient (<25 nmol/l) and 1.6% had severe vitamin D deficiency (<12.5 nmol/l). Only 12.4% had levels >75 nmol/l. A significant gender difference with a mean (SD) serum 25(OH)D level of 40.5 (20.5) nmol/l in boys and 54.2 (23.2) nmol/l in girls (p <0.01) was present. Furthermore, 51.3% of girls had levels >50 nmol/l in comparison to 29.7% of boys (p <0.01). There was an inverse correlation between parathyroid hormone levels and 25(OH)D, rs= -0.30 (p<0.01). Explanatory factors that were significantly associated with serum 25(OH)D levels in multivariate models were use of snuff, consumption of vitamin D fortified milk, cod liver oil and vitamin/mineral supplements, physical activity, sunbathing holiday and use of solarium in boys, and vitamin/mineral supplements, physical activity, sunbathing holiday and use of solarium in girls . CONCLUSIONS:Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent during the school year among adolescents in northern Norway, particularly among boys.
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