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Prevalence and determinants of vitamin D deficiency amongst patients in Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq
| العنوان: | Prevalence and determinants of vitamin D deficiency amongst patients in Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq |
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| المؤلفون: | Shwan Othman Ameen, Banan Qasim Rasool, Aya Nasih Mohammad, Sayran Mohamad Tahr, Gazang Noori Abdulla, Dhuha Abdulraheem Omar, Anna Závadová, Bareq Sabeeh Hashim |
| المصدر: | Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, Vol 20, Iss 3, Pp 19-25 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | National Scientific Medical Center, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Internal medicine LCC:Specialties of internal medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | vitamin D, prevalence, deficiency, risk factors, prospective cross-sectional study, Internal medicine, RC31-1245, Specialties of internal medicine, RC581-951 |
| الوصف: | Aim: This study aims at calculating the prevalence of Serum Vitamin D deficiency and determining risk factors associated with deficiency amongst patients in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Material and methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted on 424 patients from September to November 2021 in the Outpatient Department of Kurdistan Cardiac Center – Surgical Specialty hospital. Results: Results showed that study population consisted of adults aged 30 years and above, 171 (40.3%) females and 253 (59.7%) males. The majority of the study population (51.9%) were Serum Vitamin D deficient, 27.6% were Serum Vitamin D insufficient and 20.5% had normal Vitamin D levels. Serum Vitamin D deficiency was seen more frequently among female gender, increased BMI, previous infection of COVID 19, Diabetes Mellitus and those with abnormal lipid profiles. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of Serum Vitamin D deficiency in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In addition, there were associations between Serum Vitamin D deficiency and many other diseases. Therefore, medical practitioners should consider more education of patients regarding importance of vitamin D status in the body. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1812-2892 2313-1519 |
| Relation: | https://www.clinmedkaz.org/download/prevalence-and-determinants-of-vitamin-d-deficiency-amongst-patients-in-erbil-kurdistan-region-of-13310.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1812-2892; https://doaj.org/toc/2313-1519 |
| DOI: | 10.23950/jcmk/13310 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/421bf9b9f0a64e93b5ee167412191fff |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.421bf9b9f0a64e93b5ee167412191fff |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 18122892 23131519 |
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| DOI: | 10.23950/jcmk/13310 |