厄瓜多尔南部大学工作人员的D型低维他命菌症:性别和生活方式之间的相互作用
Patricia Díaz1, Marcela Cadena1, Martha Elena Montalván2
1School of Medicine, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador.
Frontiers in nutrition
|October 11, 2024
概括
维生素D缺乏或维生素D不足在健康的厄瓜多尔大学工作者中几乎是普遍存在的. 这项研究发现,低维生素D水平与性行为和防晒的使用有关,这表明需要进一步研究.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 低维他命症D在热带地区普遍存在,与代谢障碍,骨健康问题,免疫缺陷和感染易感性增加有关.
- 维生素D缺乏症是全球严重的健康问题,特别是在不同的人群中.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定低维生素D在洛哈 (厄瓜多尔) 的看似健康的大学工作人员中的患病率.
- 在这个人群中调查与低维生素D水平相关的潜在风险因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及440名厄瓜多尔洛哈大学工作人员的横截面研究,于2023年5月至9月进行.
- 数据收集包括风险因素结构化问卷和使用免疫酶方法测量血清25-基维生素D (25-OH) D.
- 低维他命症D被定义为血清25-OHD水平<30 ng/mL;统计分析包括独立性测试和后勤回归.
主要成果:
- 平均血清25-OHD度为19.5±6.8ng/mL,其中93.4%的参与者表现出维生素D水平的改变.
- 低维他命症D与性 (OR=2.40) 和防晒的使用 (OR=0.36) 有显著的关联.
- 具体来说,94.0%的人表现出血清25-OHD的降低,而1.6%的人有缺陷状态.
结论:
- 在厄瓜多尔研究的看似健康的大学工作人员中,低维他命素D几乎是普遍存在的.
- 性和防晒的使用成为可能导致低维生素症的重要因素.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这些因素的复杂相互作用,并为有针对性的干预提供信息.
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