Russia: Lipid Metabolism Indices And Their Correlation With Vitamin D Levels In Indigenous ...

Russia: Lipid Metabolism Indices And Their Correlation With Vitamin D Levels In Indigenous Populations Of Northern European Russia N. N. Potolitsyna, E. R. Bojko, and P. Orr, 2011   The level of 25-OH vitamin D in the blood plasma in indigenous residents of northern European Russia has been studied. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to be widespread. The lowest prevalence of vitamin D deficiencies (15%) has been found in male reindeer herders; the highest (80–100%) one, in adolescents...

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