The Vitamin D Status of Prison Inmates
dc.contributor.author | Nwosu, Benjamin U. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maranda, Louise | |
dc.contributor.author | Berry, Rosalie | |
dc.contributor.author | Colocino, Barbara | |
dc.contributor.author | Flores, Carlos D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Folkman, Kerry | |
dc.contributor.author | Groblewski, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruze, Patricia | |
dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:10:09.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T16:57:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T16:57:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-05 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2014-03-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | <p>Nwosu BU, Maranda L, Berry R, Colocino B, Flores Sr. CD, et al. (2014) The Vitamin D Status of Prison Inmates. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90623. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090623. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090623" target="_blank">Link to article on publisher's website</a></p> | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0090623 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 24598840 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/43220 | |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: There is no comprehensive, systematic analysis of the vitamin D status of prisoners in the scientific literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the vitamin D status and its determinants in US prison inmates. HYPOTHESIS: Given the uniformity of dietary intake amongst inmates, vitamin D status will be determined by non-dietary factors such as skin pigmentation, security level-, and the duration of incarceration. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 526 inmates (males, n = 502, age 48.6±12.5 years; females, n = 24, age 44.1±12.2) in Massachusetts prisons. Vitamin D sufficiency, insufficiency, and deficiency were respectively defined as a 25(OH)D concentration 75 nmol/L; 50 to 75 nmol/L; and/L. The Massachusetts Department of Correction Statement of Nutritional Adequacy stated that each inmate received the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D daily. Security level of incarceration was designated as minimum, medium, and maximum. Racial groups were categorized as Black, white, Asian, and Others. RESULTS: Serum 25(OH)D levels peaked in summer and autumn, and decreased in winter and spring. Vitamin D deficiency occurred in 50.5% of blacks, 29.3% of whites, and 14.3% of Asian inmates (p = 0.007). Black inmates had significantly lower serum 25(OH)D level than white inmates at the maximum security level (p = 0.015), medium security level (p = 0.001), but not at the minimum security level (p = 0.40). After adjusting for covariates black inmates at a maximum security level had a four-fold higher risk for vitamin D deficiency than white inmates at the same security level (OR 3.9 [95% CI 1.3-11.7]. CONCLUSIONS: The vitamin D status of prison inmates is determined by skin pigmentation, seasons, and the security level of incarceration. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.relation | <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=24598840&dopt=Abstract">Link to article in PubMed</a> | |
dc.rights | <p>Copyright 2014 Nwosu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</p> | |
dc.subject | Vitamin D | |
dc.subject | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition | |
dc.subject | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | |
dc.subject | Public Health | |
dc.title | The Vitamin D Status of Prison Inmates | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | PLoS One | |
dc.source.volume | 9 | |
dc.source.issue | 3 | |
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=peds_endocrinology&unstamped=1 | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/peds_endocrinology/44 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 5311585 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-08-23T16:57:46Z | |
html.description.abstract | <p>INTRODUCTION: There is no comprehensive, systematic analysis of the vitamin D status of prisoners in the scientific literature.</p> <p>OBJECTIVE: To investigate the vitamin D status and its determinants in US prison inmates.</p> <p>HYPOTHESIS: Given the uniformity of dietary intake amongst inmates, vitamin D status will be determined by non-dietary factors such as skin pigmentation, security level-, and the duration of incarceration.</p> <p>SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 526 inmates (males, n = 502, age 48.6±12.5 years; females, n = 24, age 44.1±12.2) in Massachusetts prisons. Vitamin D sufficiency, insufficiency, and deficiency were respectively defined as a 25(OH)D concentration 75 nmol/L; 50 to 75 nmol/L; and/L. The Massachusetts Department of Correction Statement of Nutritional Adequacy stated that each inmate received the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D daily. Security level of incarceration was designated as minimum, medium, and maximum. Racial groups were categorized as Black, white, Asian, and Others.</p> <p>RESULTS: Serum 25(OH)D levels peaked in summer and autumn, and decreased in winter and spring. Vitamin D deficiency occurred in 50.5% of blacks, 29.3% of whites, and 14.3% of Asian inmates (p = 0.007). Black inmates had significantly lower serum 25(OH)D level than white inmates at the maximum security level (p = 0.015), medium security level (p = 0.001), but not at the minimum security level (p = 0.40). After adjusting for covariates black inmates at a maximum security level had a four-fold higher risk for vitamin D deficiency than white inmates at the same security level (OR 3.9 [95% CI 1.3-11.7].</p> <p>CONCLUSIONS: The vitamin D status of prison inmates is determined by skin pigmentation, seasons, and the security level of incarceration.</p> | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | peds_endocrinology/44 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Family Medicine and Community Health | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Quantitative Health Sciences | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology | |
dc.source.pages | e90623 |