Prediction models and questionnaires developed to predict vitamin D status in adults: a systematic review.

What It Covers

This systematic review looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The objective is to identify and compare existing screening tools, developed to identify vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in adults.

Why It Was Studied

A systematic review of prediction models/questionnaires developed to identify people with deficient/insufficient vitamin D status shows the potential of self-reported information to estimate vitamin D status.

A systematic search of literature was conducted using MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science and CINAHL databases.

Who the Included Studies Covered

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults.

Risk of bias and applicability concerns were assessed by quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS-2).

What Was Measured

A systematic review of prediction models/questionnaires developed to identify people with deficient/insufficient vitamin D status shows the potential of self-reported information to estimate vitamin D status.

Data were extracted on socio-demographic, anthropometric, risk factors, serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels, statistical methods and predictive ability.

The subject headings attached to it are Self Report, Surveys and Questionnaires, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Deficiency and Vitamins.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Adults, Prediction and Screening.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a systematic review of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The publication is from 2020 (Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.