Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study
Background: Vitamin D deficiency prevails all over the Indian subcontinent, with a prevalence of 70-100% in the general public and this is likely to contribute to enormous burden on the health care system of India. Aim and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D status among the adults...
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| description | Background: Vitamin D deficiency prevails all over the Indian subcontinent, with a prevalence of 70-100% in the general public and this is likely to contribute to enormous burden on the health care system of India. Aim and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and assess the vitamin D status in relation to various factors associated with it. Material and Methods: This community based cross sectional study was conducted among adults aged between 18-45 years in the municipal wards of Guwahati city. Using the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults as 93.3% and absolute error as 5%, the sample size was calculated to be 100 which was rounded to be 120. The data collected was entered in Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed using Graph Pad Instat. Results: In this study, majority (48.3%) had vitamin D insufficiency (20-30 ng/ml), 36.7% had sufficient vitamin D (30-100 ng/ml) level and 15.0% had vitamin D deficiency (< 20 ng/ml). The vitamin D status in relation to nutritional status, lifestyle and the timing of sun exposure was not found to be statistically significant. Whereas, the vitamin D status in relation to the duration of sun exposure and the use of sunscreen was found to be statistically significant (p = 0.0063 and p = 0.0138 respectively). Conclusion: Since vitamin D levels were found to be lower than normal level, health education as well as easy availability of testing for vitamin D and supplementation of vitamin D at various health care facilities is necessary. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2de16801a4fd4945a394663f5f35bccf2025-08-20T02:23:56ZengKrishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), KaradJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University2231-42612023-10-01124122130Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study Khagorika Saikia 0Mousumi Krishnatreya 1Barnali B. Thakur 2Department of Community Medicine, Kokrajhar Medical College and Hospital, Kokrajhar-783370 (Assam) IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati- 781032 (Assam) IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Nagaon Medical College and Hospital, Nagaon-782003 (Assam) India Background: Vitamin D deficiency prevails all over the Indian subcontinent, with a prevalence of 70-100% in the general public and this is likely to contribute to enormous burden on the health care system of India. Aim and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and assess the vitamin D status in relation to various factors associated with it. Material and Methods: This community based cross sectional study was conducted among adults aged between 18-45 years in the municipal wards of Guwahati city. Using the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults as 93.3% and absolute error as 5%, the sample size was calculated to be 100 which was rounded to be 120. The data collected was entered in Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed using Graph Pad Instat. Results: In this study, majority (48.3%) had vitamin D insufficiency (20-30 ng/ml), 36.7% had sufficient vitamin D (30-100 ng/ml) level and 15.0% had vitamin D deficiency (< 20 ng/ml). The vitamin D status in relation to nutritional status, lifestyle and the timing of sun exposure was not found to be statistically significant. Whereas, the vitamin D status in relation to the duration of sun exposure and the use of sunscreen was found to be statistically significant (p = 0.0063 and p = 0.0138 respectively). Conclusion: Since vitamin D levels were found to be lower than normal level, health education as well as easy availability of testing for vitamin D and supplementation of vitamin D at various health care facilities is necessary.https://jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol12no4/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%2012,%20No.%204,%20October-December%202023%20Page%20122-130.pdfvitamin d deficiencyvitamin d insufficiencynutritional statuslifestylesun exposure |
| spellingShingle | Khagorika Saikia Mousumi Krishnatreya Barnali B. Thakur Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University vitamin d deficiency vitamin d insufficiency nutritional status lifestyle sun exposure |
| title | Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study |
| title_full | Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study |
| title_short | Vitamin D status among the adults of Guwahati and its associated factors: A cross sectional study |
| title_sort | vitamin d status among the adults of guwahati and its associated factors a cross sectional study |
| topic | vitamin d deficiency vitamin d insufficiency nutritional status lifestyle sun exposure |
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