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Vitamin D status and its determinants during autumn in children at northern latitudes: a cross-sectional analysis from the optimal well-being, development and health for Danish children through a healthy New Nordic Diet (OPUS) School Meal Study.
Plain-language guide to PMID 26563915 (2016): randomized controlled trial of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.
Key Facts
- PMID
- 26563915
- Journal
- The British journal of nutrition
- Year
- 2016
- Study type
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Authors
- Petersen RA et al. (13 authors)
- DOI
- 10.1017/S000711451500433X
What This Study Did, in Plain Language
What Was Tested
The paper reports a study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, published as a randomized controlled trial.
The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate autumn vitamin D status and its determinants in 782 Danish 8-11-year-old children (55°N) using baseline data from the Optimal well-being, development and health for Danish children through a healthy New Nordic Diet (OPUS) School Meal Study, a large randomised controlled trial.
Why It Was Studied
Sufficient summer/autumn vitamin D status appears important to mitigate winter nadirs at northern latitudes.
Blood samples and demographic and behavioural data, including 7-d dietary recordings, objectively measured physical activity, and time spent outdoors during school hours, were collected during September-November.
Who Took Part
By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were children, both men and women.
How the Study Was Run
The design is described as randomized.
Because people in this Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.
What Was Measured
Blood samples and demographic and behavioural data, including 7-d dietary recordings, objectively measured physical activity, and time spent outdoors during school hours, were collected during September-November.
The subject headings attached to it are Age Factors, Cross-Sectional Studies, Denmark, Diet, Dietary Supplements, Ethnicity and Fishes.
The authors tagged it with the keywords Children, DHA docosahexanoic acid, Determinants, EI energy intake, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and Northern latitudes.
What This Means in Plain Language
The paper is a randomized study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.
The publication is from 2016 (The British journal of nutrition), a journal based in England.
More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.
Our Notes on the Compound
Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc: Magnesium is described as required for AMPK to function.
Related Pages
Source: PubMed record. This explanation is written by PeptideWhiz from the public record. For research and education only. Not medical advice; no dosing information is given.