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      Vitamin D intake is low and hypovitaminosis D common in healthy 9- to 15-year-old Finnish girls.

      European journal of clinical nutrition
      25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2, blood, Adolescent, Calcium, administration & dosage, Child, Diet Records, Female, Finland, epidemiology, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Prevalence, Questionnaires, Radioimmunoassay, Seasons, Sports, physiology, Vitamin D, therapeutic use, Vitamin D Deficiency, drug therapy

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          To study the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D, the effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [S-25(OH)D], and the intakes of vitamin D and calcium in Finnish 9- to 15-year-old athletic and nonathletic girls. 1-year follow-up study (February 1997-March 1998) with three months of vitamin D supplementation (10 microg/d) from October to January. Turku University Central Hospital, Finland. 191 female volunteers aged 9-15 y (131 athletes and 60 controls). Vitamin D and calcium intakes were estimated by a four-day food recording and a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). S-25(OH)D was followed by radioimmunoassay (RIA). At baseline the mean S-25(OH)D concentration was 33.9 nmol/l among all girls. In winter severe hypovitaminosis D (S-25(OH)D < 20 nmol/l) occurred in 13.4% of the participants and in 67.7% S-25(OH)D was below 37.5 nmol/l. By the next summer the mean S-25(OH)D concentration was 62.9 nmol/l and in 1.6% of the subjects it was below 37.5 nmol/l. The prevalence of severe hypovitaminosis D was not significantly reduced by three months of vitamin D (10 microg/d) supplementation. At baseline, the mean intake of vitamin D was 2.9 microg/d by food recording and 4.3 microg/d by FFQ. The mean calcium intake was 1256 mg/d and 1580 mg/d, respectively. The intakes of vitamin D and calcium remained unchanged during the follow-up period. The athletes consumed more calcium than nonathletic controls, whereas the intake of vitamin D was quite similar among both groups. The vitamin D intake by FFQ correlated with the S-25(OH)D concentration in wintertime (r = 0.28, P < 0.01). Hypovitaminosis D is fairly common in growing Finnish girls in the wintertime, and three months of vitamin D supplementation with 10 microg/d was insufficient in preventing hypovitaminosis D. The daily dietary vitamin D intake was insufficient (< 5 microg/d) in the majority of participants, while the calcium intake was usually sufficient.

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