Relation of vitamin D level with demographic and lab feature for local population

Objective: to analyze relationship of vitamin d status with age,gender,occupation,serum calcium,esr and hemoglobin level in local population at liaquat university of medical & health sciences. study design: cross-sectional observational study. duration of study: liaquat university hospital in medical ward and out patient department (opd) from 1st may 2015 - 1st december 2015. methodology: this cross-sectional observational study was conducted at department of medicine,lumhs hyderabad. all cases were collected from opd of medical ward and emergency,after taking informed consent. a specifically designed semi structured proforma was used to record demographic,history,examination and laboratory reports including serum calcium,esr,hemoglobin and vitamin d level. patients having chronic liver disease,ischemic heart disease,cerebrovascular disease,road traffic accident and others critical illness were excluded. data entered into spss 20 version for analysis and p value. results: a total of 160 patients were included in this study. the mean age of enrolled participants was 40.2±13.7 years. ninety seven (60.6%) were females with female to male ratio of 1.5:1. one hundred thirty (81.3%) patients were seen in out-patient department of institute. one hundred and twelve (70%) patients are working at home. the mean hemoglobin level was 11±1.3 gm/dl,mean esr 26.2±15.8,mean serum calcium 9.6±2 mg/dl and mean vitamin d3 level was 32±6.6 iu. comparison of demographic and lab features of vitamin d deficient patients and with normal vitamin d was summarized in table i. conclusion: in pakistan vitamin d deficient sample are more prevalent in all age group. study shows relationship of age,sex,occupation with serum hemoglobin level,erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum calcium level. study results show that vitamin d deficient is more in house workers,laborers,students and executive professional workers. hemoglobin level was found low in vit d deficient patients as compared to vit d normal population but serum calcium,esr were normal in both group of vitamin d deficient and controlled group of population. © 2016,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.