High burden of hypovitaminosis D among the children and adolescents in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Result in accordance to country

Country	Study found	Total participants	Weighted mean level of vitamin D (Weighted standard deviation)	Prevalence of hypovitaminosis
India [26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56]	31	14,497	13.40 ng/mL (6.61)	64% [95% CI: 46% to 79%]
Nepal [57,58,59]	3	1746	25.96 ng/mL (7.29)	35% [95% CI: 1% to 83%.]
Sri Lanka [60,61,62]	3	693	27.34 ng/mL (9.54)	25% [95% CI: 16% to 36%]
Pakistan [63, 64]	2	277	11.78 ng/mL (7.99)	94% [95% CI: 90% to 96%]
Afghanistan [65]	1	107	5 ng/mL*	96.2% [95% CI: 91% to 99%]
Bangladesh [66]	1	913	21.86 ng/mL (16.67)	35.48% [95% CI: 32% to 39%]

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