Vitamin D status among indigenous Mayan (Kekchi) and Afro-Caribe (Garifuna) adolescents from Guatemala: a comparative description between two ethnic groups residing on the Rio Dulce at the Caribbean coast in Izabal Province, Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess vitamin D status and the influence of risk factors such as skin pigmentation and time spent outdoors on hypovitaminosis D among Guatemalan Kekchi and Garifuna adolescents.

Design

Cross-sectional study, with convenient sampling design. Blood samples, anthropometric and behavioural data were all collected during the dry season. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations were measured by RIA.

Setting

Communities of Rio Dulce and Livingston, Izabal Province, Caribbean coast of Guatemala, with latitude and longitude of 15°49'N and 88°45'W for Livingston and 15°46'N and 88°49'W for Rio Dulce, respectively.

Subjects

Eighty-six adolescents, divided evenly by sex and ethnicity, with mean age of 14 years.

Results

Mean (sd) 25(OH)D value

SUBMITTER: Naqvi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature