Vitamin D deficiency among pre-menopausal women attending OPD with generalized body aches and pains

Aim: to determine among premenopausal females the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency with presentation of chronic musculoskeletal pain in medical opd of jinnah hospital lahore. methods: one hundred pre-menopausal females with regular menstrual cycles who are born in urban pakistan with symptoms of generalized aches and pains were screened between 1st april 2012 and 30th september 2012 for vitamin d deficiency. subjects with epilepsy,hypercalcemia,liver or renal impairment,diarrhoea and vitamin d replacement were excluded results: out of 100 premenopausal women of age 20 to 40 years with mean age of 28 years,87% were vitamin d deficient i.e. serum alphacalcidiol level less than 15ng/ml. 44% were married and 33 women were having children. there was no significant relationship between vitamin d efficiency and marital status or number of children or age groups. conclusion: consideration of vitamin d deficiency during consultations for chronic musculoskeletal pain is essential. there should be fortification of food with vitamin d to control this epidemic. © 2016,lahore medical and dental college. all rights reserved.