{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(1)"],"submitter":["Mechenro J"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin D has multifarious roles in maintenance of health and prevention of disease. The present study was undertaken to assess the vitamin D status of a rural adult south Indian population and to identify its associations with socioeconomic status and cultural practices.<h4>Methods</h4>Between June 2015 and July 2016, 424 healthy adults residing in Kattankulathur block in Tamil Nadu, India, provided venous blood samples and answered questions by personal interview. 25-hydroxy vitamin D was estimated by ELISA.<h4>Results</h4>Fifty nine (13.9%) of the 424 participants had 25OHD levels below 12 ng/mL (vitamin D deficient) and 175 (41.3%) had 25OHD levels between 12 to 20 ng/mL (vitamin D insufficiency). In univariate analysis, demographic factors associated with vitamin D "],"journal":["BMC public health"],"pagination":["1345"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6280507"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Vitamin D status in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India."],"pmcid":["PMC6280507"],"pubmed_authors":["Venugopal G","Balakrishnan D","Buvnesh Kumar M","Ramakrishna BS","Mechenro J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Vitamin D status in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin D has multifarious roles in maintenance of health and prevention of disease. The present study was undertaken to assess the vitamin D status of a rural adult south Indian population and to identify its associations with socioeconomic status and cultural practices.<h4>Methods</h4>Between June 2015 and July 2016, 424 healthy adults residing in Kattankulathur block in Tamil Nadu, India, provided venous blood samples and answered questions by personal interview. 25-hydroxy vitamin D was estimated by ELISA.<h4>Results</h4>Fifty nine (13.9%) of the 424 participants had 25OHD levels below 12 ng/mL (vitamin D deficient) and 175 (41.3%) had 25OHD levels between 12 to 20 ng/mL (vitamin D insufficiency). In univariate analysis, demographic factors associated with vitamin D ","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Dec","modification":"2026-07-16T11:36:45.539Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:11:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6280507","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30518358"],"doi":["10.1186/s12889-018-6244-5"]}}