Factors Influencing Vitamin D Status in Urban African Black and Asian-Indian Adults – MM1507
Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the aetiology of numerous infectious diseases and metabolic syndrome which are prevalent in the African and Asian-Indian populations of South Africa. There is limited data on 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and limited comparative bone mineral density data on non- Caucasian population groups in South Africa.
Modern Medicine – July 2015