{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Darling AL"],"funding":["British Heart Foundation","Medical Research Council","National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)","Wellcome Trust","Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council"],"pagination":["2678-2688"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10260769"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["21(14)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D<25nmol/L) is extremely common in western-dwelling South Asians but evidence regarding vitamin D supplement usage in this group is very limited.  This work identifies demographic, dietary and lifestyle predictors associated with vitamin D supplement use.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional analysis of baseline vitamin D supplement use data.<h4>Setting</h4>UK Biobank cohort.<h4>Subjects</h4>In total, n 8024 South Asians (Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani), aged 40-69 years.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-three % of men and 39% of women (P<0.001) [22% of Bangladeshis, 32% of Indians, 25% of Pakistanis (P<0.001)] took a vitamin D containing supplement.  Median vitamin D intakes from diet were low at 1.0-3.0 micrograms per day, being highest in Ba"],"journal":["Public health nutrition"],"pubmed_title":["Vitamin D supplement use and associated demographic, dietary and lifestyle factors in 8024 South Asians aged 40-69 years: analysis of the UK Biobank cohort."],"pmcid":["PMC10260769"],"funding_grant_id":["MC_PC_17228","BB/I006192/1","MC_QA137853"],"pubmed_authors":["Darling AL","Lanham-New SA","Blackbourn DJ","Ahmadi KR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Vitamin D supplement use and associated demographic, dietary and lifestyle factors in 8024 South Asians aged 40-69 years: analysis of the UK Biobank cohort.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D<25nmol/L) is extremely common in western-dwelling South Asians but evidence regarding vitamin D supplement usage in this group is very limited.  This work identifies demographic, dietary and lifestyle predictors associated with vitamin D supplement use.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional analysis of baseline vitamin D supplement use data.<h4>Setting</h4>UK Biobank cohort.<h4>Subjects</h4>In total, n 8024 South Asians (Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani), aged 40-69 years.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-three % of men and 39% of women (P<0.001) [22% of Bangladeshis, 32% of Indians, 25% of Pakistanis (P<0.001)] took a vitamin D containing supplement.  Median vitamin D intakes from diet were low at 1.0-3.0 micrograms per day, being highest in Ba","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Oct","modification":"2025-04-19T02:51:28.544Z","creation":"2025-04-19T02:51:28.544Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10260769","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29936916"],"doi":["10.1017/s1368980018001404","10.1017/S1368980018001404"]}}