Study Progress of Vitamin D Deficiency in Children / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

New investigations indicated that half of the people in the world had the risk of vitamin D deficiency.The main reasons for vitamin D deficiency was that people ignored the importance of using vitamin D supplement in special ages and seasons.Children were potentially at high risk for vitamin D deficiency.Vitamin D deficiency during childhood could cause rickets,growth retardation,skeletal deformities and might increase the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in later life.Vitamin D deficiency were also related with cancer,autoimmune disease,endocrine system disease,nervous system disease,hypertension and infection.