Genetic variants and non-genetic factors associated with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in full-term neonates in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lee, Siew-Siew, Ling, King-Hwa, Subramaniam, Raman, Tusimin, Maiza, Rahim, Kartini Farah, Loh, Su-Peng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111175/1/Genetic%20variants%20and%20non-genetic%20factors%20associated%20with%20a%20high%20prevalence%20of%20vitamin%20D%20deficiency%20in%20full-term%20neonates%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111175/; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2666149724000215

A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has been reported in Malaysian pregnant women, indicating that neonates at birth are at increased risk of vitamin D deficiency. Factors including low dietary vitamin D intake and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the vitamin D metabolism genes have been ass...