CORRELATION BETWEEN VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND LOW BODY HEIGHT

Panji Sananta (Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Saiful Anwar General Hospital, Malang, East Java, Indonesia)
Aristoteles Aristoteles (Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya)
Fauzan Yusman (Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya)
Satrio Bangun Negoro (Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya)
Muhammad Hilman Bimadi (Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya)
Felix Cendikiawan (Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya)

Journal of Community Health and Preventive Medicine (JOCHAPM)
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): JOCHAPM Vol. 1 No. 1 2021

The average height of the Indonesians population has increased a few centimeters for the last 50 years, although Indonesians are short. However, a secular trend in height was still unclear. Currently, the Indonesians adult population is averagely shorter than the modern World Health Organization (WHO) reference males and females. Thus, when comparing the height of Indonesian children with several growth measurements, a significant portion of the children is below the critical limit. This review aimed to discuss the correlation between deficiency vitamin D and low body height