Natural selection at work? Vitamin D deficiency rates and rising health problems in young Turkish Cypriot professionals.

Kandemiş E., Tuncel G., Fahrioğlu U., Temel Ş. G., Mocan G., Ergören M. Ç.

Central European journal of public health, cilt.29, ss.130-133, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.21101/cejph.a6117
  • Dergi Adı: Central European journal of public health
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.130-133
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: vitamin D deficiency, VDR, polymorphism, young professionals, Turkish Cypriots, CANCER, SUSCEPTIBILITY, POLYMORPHISM, ASSOCIATION, RS2228570, DISEASE, RISK, BONE
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble, prohormone vitamin that is important especially for bone mineralization and skeletal health. In recent years, vitamin D deficiency appeared as a worldwide problem, affecting many people in different ways including the Northern Cypriot population. The deficiency might be caused by the lack of exposure to sunlight, diet low in vitamin D, sedentary lifestyle, and also due to some genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene.