Vitamin D status in dark-skinned patients undergoing hemodialysis in a continually sunny country.

Conclusion: Prevalence of vitD insufficiency in Afro-Caribbean HD patients was lower than that previously reported in African Americans undergoing HD in the United States. This finding may be due to the constantly sunny weather with a high intensity of UVB radiation in Guadeloupe.
PMID: 22252845 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)