Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In Females In Madina Region; Saudi Arabia. Vitamin D Deficiency In A Sunny Environment | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 28, Volume 49, Issue 1, October 2012, Pages 891-895 PDF (264.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2012.16224 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Nagib1; Mahmoud A. Abulmagd2 | ||
| 1Internal Medicine department-Ain Shams | ||
| 2Endocrinology department-Banha | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background And Objective: Poor sunlight exposure leads to vitamin D deficiency even in the sunniest places. So screening for vitamin D deficiency in outpatient clinics and inhospital setting in King Fahad Hospital , Al Madina Al Monwara. METHODS: Screening for vitamin D deficiency by assessment of serum 25(OH)D with radioimmunoassay in 60 female patients aged 18 – 40 years. Serum calcium, phosphorous and alkaline phosphatase were assessed, too. Results: 6 female patients (10%) showed significant vitamin D deficiency with 25(OH) D < 20 ng/ml. However 54 female patients (90%) showed severe vitamin D deficiency with 25 (OH) D < 10 ng/ml. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is very common in Saudia Arabia especially females due to poor sunlight exposure. So being underrecognized and undertreated, vitamin D deficiency represents an important health problem in MADINA REGION, KSA. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Vitamin D; Sunlight exposure; Females | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 271 PDF Download: 453 |
||
