Rashid A, Mohammed T, Stephens W P, Warrington S, Berry J L, Mawer E B
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Jan 15;286(6360):182-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6360.182.
Asians living in Pakistan have serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol concentrations which are well within the normal range and significantly higher than in Asians resident in Britain. Clearly, Asians can maintain an adequate vitamin D state given an abundant supply of ultraviolet light, and the expression of vitamin D deficiency is an environmental and not a genetically determined characteristic. The risk of an Asian developing vitamin D deficiency increases after migration to Britain. The most efficient way to treat this is by supplementation with vitamin D.
生活在巴基斯坦的亚洲人血清25-羟胆钙化醇浓度处于正常范围内,且显著高于居住在英国的亚洲人。显然,在有充足紫外线的情况下,亚洲人能够维持足够的维生素D状态,维生素D缺乏的表现是一种环境因素而非基因决定的特征。亚洲人移民到英国后,患维生素D缺乏症的风险会增加。治疗这种情况最有效的方法是补充维生素D。