Vitamin D concentrations in Asian children aged 2 years living in England: population survey

摘要

The Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the Department of Health carried out a survey between 1994 and 1996 of infant feeding practices of mothers of Bangladeshi, Indian, or Pakistani origin living in England. A blood sample was taken during October-November 1996 from a subsam-ple of children aged 2 years for analysis of iron and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (vitamin D) concentrations. Details for iron concentration are published elsewhere. We here report the vitamin D concentration.