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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health and Nutrition
Volume 13 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1514355
This article is part of the Research Topic Health and Nutrition in The First 1000 Days of Life View all 8 articles
Variations in Vitamin D Status among Chinese Children Aged 1-6 Years during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Provisionally accepted- 1 Hanzhong Central Hospital, Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, China
- 2 The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Background Vitamin D deficiency has been a critical global health issue within the pediatric population. Closed-off management brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted outdoor activities and sunlight exposure, however, whether it indirectly further exacerbated the vitamin D deficiency has not been largely investigated, especially among children in China. The purpose of this study was to evaluate 25(OH)D concentrations in children before and during the COVID-19 lockdown and to analyze the factors influencing their vitamin D status. Methods A cross-sectional survey included children aged 1-6 years from Han Zhong Central Hospital in the southern Shanxi Province of China. This study examined healthy children from a pediatric health care department over two periods: before COVID-19
Keywords: 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, LC-MS/MS, Children, COVID-19
Received: 20 Oct 2024; Accepted: 10 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Xiaoqin Wang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
yanfen ma, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
jian hu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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