SEP 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Associations between fat-soluble vitamin status, growth, and development in Chinese children aged 3–14 years: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Cross-sectional observational study establishing reference data and associations in a single geographic region; hypothesis-generating findings on vitamin K and precocious puberty that cannot establish causation and require prospective validation.
Reported
Sample size1802
Vitamin D insufficiency rate (boy…13.6%
Vitamin D insufficiency rate (gir…22.4%