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Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in mothers of Swedish and of Somali origin who have children with and without autism.
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- Fernell, Elisabeth, 1948 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
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Barnevik Olsson, Martina (author)
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Bågenholm, Gunnel (author)
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- Gillberg, Christopher, 1950 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
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- Gustafsson, Sven (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Sääf, Maria (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2010-02-16
- 2010
- English.
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In: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 99:5, s. 743-747
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- Aim: To analyse serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in mothers of Somali origin and those of Swedish origin who have children with and without autism as there is a growing evidence that low vitamin D impacts adversely on brain development. Method: Four groups of mothers were invited to participate; 20 with Somali origin with at least one child with autism, 20 with Somali origin without a child with autism, 20 of Swedish origin with at least one child with autism and 20 with Swedish origin without a child with autism. Two blood samples were collected from each individual; during autumn and spring. Results: Between 12 and 17 mothers from the different groups accepted to participate, both groups of mothers of Somali origin had significantly lower values of 25-hydroxyvitamin D compared with Swedish mothers. The difference of 25-hydroxyvitamin D between mothers of Somali origin with and without a child with autism was not significant. Conclusion: Our findings of low vitamin D levels in Somali women entail considerable consequences in a public health perspective. The observed tendency, i.e. the lowest values in mothers of Somali origin with a child with autism was in the predicted direction, supporting the need for further research of vitamin D levels in larger samples of Somali mothers of children with and without autism.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Adult
- Autistic Disorder
- Ethnology
- Etiology
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Prevalence
- Seasons
- Somalia
- Ethnology
- Sweden
- Epidemiology
- Vitamin D
- Analogs & derivatives
- Blood
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Complications
- Ethnology
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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