TY  - JOUR
TI  - Vitamin D deficiency status in Turkey: A meta-analysis
AB  - Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is a significant public health problem in both developed and developing countries,with a reported worldwide prevalence of 30% to 80% among children and adults. The purpose of this study was toexamine vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency in Turkey based on a review of the existing research.Methods: PubMed, DergiPark, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Google Scholar,Google, and Scopus search engines were queried. The keywords of Turkey, vitamin D, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D,25(OH)D3, 25(OH) vitamin D, deficiency/insufficiency of vitamin D, and prevalence were used in the screening process.The review included prospective and retrospective research studies with healthy individuals of various communities.The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale was used to assess the risk of bias of the included studies.Results: A total of 40 studies with a sample size of 111.582 were included in the meta-analysis. The prevalence ofvitamin D deficiency was estimated at 63% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 58.9-66.6) for the overall population. It wasobserved that vitamin D deficiency has been reported as 86.6% (95% CI: 70.2-94.6) for infants, 76% (95% CI: 65.2-84.3)for pregnant women, 39.8% (95% CI: 38-41.6) for children, and 63.5% (95% CI: 58.8-67.9) for adults. The prevalence ofvitamin D deficiency among women and men was identified as 64.7% (95% CI: 57.5-71.2) and 39.5% (95% CI: 31.0-48.7),respectively.Conclusion: The results obtained in this meta-analysis revealed a high rate of vitamin D deficiency in Turkey, whichvaries from 58.9% to 66.6% with 95% CI. In particular, neonates, pregnant women, and adult women have a higher riskof vitamin deficiency. The results of this meta-analysis demonstrate that the vitamin D level of the Turkish public shouldperiodically be measured and supplemented as necessary.
AU  - ALPDEMİR, mehmet fatih
AU  - ALPDEMİR, Medine
PY  - 2019
JO  - International Journal of Medical Biochemistry
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SN  - 2587-2362
SP  - 118
EP  - 131
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/331825
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