The frequency of vitamin D deficiency in Ordu and its relationship with chronic diseases

Authors : Harun DÜĞEROĞLU, Yasemin KAYA

Pages : 8-12

Doi:10.38053/acmj.1002370

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Publication Date : 2022-01-24

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of vitamin D deficiency in adult patients admitted to our hospital in Ordu and the relationship between this deficiency and chronic diseases. Material and Method: In our study, the vitamin D levels of 1432 patients aged 18 yeras and over who applied to the Internal Medicine outpatient clinic between 01.01.2019-31.12.2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Age, gender, chronic diseases were evaluated and vitamin D levels of the patients were measured. Patients with serum vitamin D level of 30 ng/ml were included in the normal vitamin D group. Results: The study consisted of 1092 females (76.4%) and 340 males (23.6%). We found vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in approximately 88.3% of the patients. In addition, serum vitamin D levels of female patients included in the study were found to be significantly lower than male patients (p=0.007). There were statistically significant differences between the groups in the number of patients included in the study who had a chronic disease and in the evaluation of their vitamin D levels (insufficient, deficient, normal)(p=0.021, p=0.012, p=0.047, p=0.043, p=0.032, respectively). Conclusion: With this study, a very high rate of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, such as 88.3%, was found in Ordu. In addition, there was a significant relationship between vitamin D deficiency and chronic diseases in our study.
Keywords : Vitamin D deficiency, 25 hydroxy vitamin D, frequency, chronic diseases, mortality