Trends in the Diagnosis of Vitamin D Deficiency.

ABSTRACT: Vitamin D has attracted considerable interest in recent years, and health care providers have reported large increases in vitamin D test requests. However, rates of diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency in clinical practice have not been investigated. We examined trends in diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency in children in England over time, and by sociodemographic characteristics. Cohort study using primary care records of 711 788 children aged 0 to 17 years, from the Health Improvement Network database. Incidence rates for diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency were calculated per year between 2000 and 2014. Rate ratios exploring differences by age, sex, ethnicity, and social deprivation were estimated using multivariable Poisson regression. The crude rate of vitamin D deficiency diagnosis increase

SUBMITTER: Basatemur E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5337117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature