Replication Data for: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Africa - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

This dataset presents information obtained from systematic reviews of published vitamin D prevalence studies. The online searches were conducted on PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Embase, African Journals Online and African Index Medicus. Studies included in the meta-analyis had measured serum 25-hydroxyvitamin concentrations from healthy participants residing in Africa. The dataset comprises of seven (7) .csv files, one (1) R script for replicating figures and tables reported in the paper and codebook describing each individual file and variables. Variables include: year of publication, first author’s name, sample size, method of recruitment, study design, dates or season of blood sample collection, ethnicity, proportion of males, study country, method of vitamin D measurement, mean vitamin D concentrations and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency.</p