Vitamin D deficiency and associated factors among children in a tertiary care hospital setting: A retrospective cohort study
Despite the high sun exposure in Taiwan, VDD is prevalent among children and adolescents. Physicians should be aware of VDD, especially in children who are female, aged >12 years, hospitalized, have increased intact parathyroid hormone levels, and during the spring/winter.
Authors
- Pin‐Hsuan Chiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-2815)
- Yu‐Chun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-1949)
- Zih-Kai Kao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-3873)
- Hsin‐Lin Tsai
- Ling-Yu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-7556)
- Tzu-Ching Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-2674)
- Hsiao-Yun Yeh
- Jei-Wen Chang
Institutions
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- China Medical University (TW)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- China Medical University Hospital (TW)
- Yuli Veterans Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jcma.0000000000001235
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94