Table 1
Main data of the cross-sectional evaluation of Italian children and adolescents.
| | Number of subjects (female : male) | 679 (353 : 326) | | Age, yrs. (median, range) | 8.7 (2.1–17.9) | | Height (SDS) | −0.1 ± 1.5 | | BMI (SDS) | 0.5 ± 1.1 | | Prepubertal/pubertal ratio | 4532 : 226 | | Serum 25(OH)D status | | | sufficiency (%) | 11.3 | | insufficiency (%) | 30.0 | | deficiency (%) | 38.2 | | severe deficiency (%) | 20.5 | | Serum 25(OH)D level (ng/mL) | 19.08 ± 8.44 | | children | 20.26 ± 8.43 | | adolescents | 11.74 ± 5.78 | | normal weight | 25.66 ± 7.32 | | overweight | 17.13 ± 7.87 | | obese | 12.02 ± 5.67 | | Dietary intake of vitamin D, IU/day | 179.3 ± 43.9 | | Serum 25(OH)D (ng/mL) | | | ≤2 hrs/day in outdoor activity | 14.04 ± 7.49 | | >2 hrs/day in outdoor activity | 23.76 ± 7.58 | | normal cow’s milk consumption/day | 24.41 ± 7.82 | | reduced cow’s milk consumption/day | 17.60 ± 8.74 | | Parathyroid hormone (pg/mL) | 51.13 ± 36.46 |
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