Association Between Vitamin D Levels and Nutritional Status in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Makassar, Indonesia
In nations with low and middle incomes (LMICs), malnutrition during early childhood often occurs alongside micronutrient inadequacy, including suboptimal vitamin D status. Whether anthropometric evidence of acute malnutrition parallels circulating vitamin D in children requiring hospitalization, however, remains uncert...