Netherlands: Higher risk for vitamin D deficiency among Moroccans/Turks

Netherlands: Higher risk for vitamin D deficiency among Moroccans/Turks

Immigrants from Asian countries and asylum seekers carry a high risk for severe vitamin D deficiency. Serum 25(OH)D was lower than 25nmol/l in 40% of non-western immigrants  in the Netherlands. Pregnant non-western women even carry a higher risk: a study in midwife practices in The Hague showed a serum 25(OH)D lower than 25nmol/l in more than 80% of Turkish and Moroccan immigrants. Remarkably, 25(OH)D was below the detection limit in 22% of the Turkish women.

Source: IOF (Europe report)

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