ASL Salerno, Dipartimento delle Attività Territoriali, U.O.S.D. Tutela Salute Adulti e Minori, Salerno, Italy.
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.
Clin Ter. 2022 Nov-Dec;173(6):551-556. doi: 10.7417/CT.2022.2481.
Prisoners are at risk of developing vitamin D deficiency due to their lacking exposure to sunlight. So far, there are no published studies evaluating blood levels of vitamin D in relation to the health status of inmates and the quality of the Italian prison system.
To investigate vitamin D status and its determinants in a cohort of prisoners.
One hundred and seventy-two (172) pri-son inmates (males, n=159, age 47± 11.3 years; females, n=13, age 43.91±12.18 years) of three penitentiaries in the province of Salerno. Vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency and sufficiency were respectively defined as a 25(OH)D level <20 ng/mL; from 20 to 30 ng/mL, >30 ng/mL.
In our group, Vitamin D deficiency occurs in 77.32% of the prisoners with 32.55% of the cases having severe insufficiency. Prisoners with higher BMI show lower circulating vitamin D levels (p<0.001). No significant relationship was found with the duration of detention (Pearson R: 0.01).
In this cohort of inmates the vitamin D status is determined by BMI, but not by the duration of the detention.
囚犯由于缺乏阳光照射,有出现维生素 D 缺乏的风险。迄今为止,尚无研究评估过囚犯的维生素 D 血水平与健康状况和意大利监狱系统质量之间的关系。
调查囚犯人群中维生素 D 状况及其决定因素。
本研究纳入了来自萨莱诺省的三所监狱的 172 名囚犯(男性,n=159,年龄 47±11.3 岁;女性,n=13,年龄 43.91±12.18 岁)。将 25(OH)D 水平<20ng/mL 定义为维生素 D 缺乏,20-30ng/mL 定义为不足,>30ng/mL 定义为充足。
在我们的研究组中,77.32%的囚犯存在维生素 D 缺乏,其中 32.55%的患者存在严重不足。BMI 较高的囚犯循环维生素 D 水平较低(p<0.001)。与拘留时间(Pearson R:0.01)无显著相关性。
在本囚犯队列中,维生素 D 状况由 BMI 决定,而与拘留时间无关。