[
    {
        "id": "osp-11372",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Vitamin D Status in Healthy Omani Women of Childbearing Age: Study of female staff at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Kindi",
                "given": "Manal K."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/vitamin-d-status-in-healthy-omani-women-of-childbearing-age-study-of-female-staff-at-the-royal-hospital-muscat-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "11",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "56-61",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.1239",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: Sunlight exposure has a vital role in vitamin D synthesis. Although vitamin D deficiency has been well documented in temperate zones, studies have been scarce in tropical countries where the population is well covered and for various reasons avoids sun exposure. The objective of this study was to investigate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and its relationship to biochemical bone profile, exposure to sunlight and vitamin D intake amongst Omani women of childbearing age. Methods: 41 apparently healthy women working at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman and aged 18–45 years, with mean ± SD of 29 ± 6 years, were included in this study conducted in December 2006. They completed a questionnaire regarding the duration of sun exposure, food intake and type of clothing worn. Blood samples were collected from them and analysed for serum 25(OH)D, calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatise and parathyroid hormone levels. Results: All the women had a 25(OH)D level"
    }
]