Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a wide range of chronic diseases, including childhood obesity. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in obese children and adolescents ranges from 6.5% to 57% depending on the population and criteria.Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional clinical study included 92 obese patients with BMI z score <2 and 39 healthy normal-weight subjects in the control group who were matched with the study gro...