Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences logo
Submit
Asian Journal of Biological and Life SciencesACADEMIC PUBLISHING
Article

Vitamin D Deficiency Picture: An Indian laboratory Retrospective Study of Over 10,000 Subjects

1, 1, 1, 1

  1. 1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Thyrocare Technologies Limited, Plot No.D37/1,TTC Industrial area, MIDC, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai - 400703, Maharashtra, INDIA.

CORRESPONDENCE

Prachi Sinkar

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Thyrocare Technologies Limited, Plot No.D37/1,TTC Industrial area, MIDC, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai - 400703, Maharashtra, INDIA.

prachi.sinkar@thyrocare.com

Received: 22-08-2018; Accepted: 15-12-2018.

Volume 7, Issue 3 · pp. 93-97 · 2018 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2018.7.11

ABSTRACT

Aim: Vitamin D deficiency is a clinical condition prevalent worldwide, and frequency studies estimate the same to be around 40% to 90%. Though diet and lifestyle have a major contribution towards blood levels of vitamin D, studying the deficiency prevalence demographically is important to chart specific remedial recommendations.Materials and Methods: Our study is aimed at presenting vitamin D status in a large cohort of over 10,000 Asian Indians. The study cohort consisted of a total of 10,379 Indians, inclusive of 4470 males and 5909 females. Serum vitamin D estimation was done using the analytical platform of Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS). Levels of < 20 ng/mL were considered deficient, while levels between 21–30 ng/mL were reported to be insufficient.Result: The frequency of vitamin D deficiency was detected to be 54.5%. The prevalence was detected to be higher in males at 56.7% as compared to females at 52.8%, and the difference was found to be statistically significant. Age-wise analysis detected the maximum frequency of deficiency in the 10–25 years group at 69.7%.Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern in India, and routine screening of this micronutrient is crucial among Indians, wherein the prevalence has been detected to be high.

KEYWORDS

Open in new tab

REFERENCES

As published

Showing references and in-text citations exactly as published.

    Cite this article

    SELECT FORMAT

    Sinkar, P., Sivapandi, K., Kallathiyan, K., & Iyer, S. (2018). Vitamin D Deficiency Picture: An Indian laboratory Retrospective Study of Over 10,000 Subjects. Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences, 7(3), 93-97. https://doi.org/10.5530/ajbls.2018.7.11

    Copyright and licence

    © 2018 Author(s)

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC BY 4.0