Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Bitola, North Macedonia for 2022-2023 year

Ilkovska, Biljana and Avramovski, Petar and Kotevska Trifunova, Bisera and Chiplakovski, Kiril and Dimovski, Aleksandar (2024) Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Bitola, North Macedonia for 2022-2023 year. Clinica Chimica Acta, 558 (1). ISSN 0009-8981

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Abstract

Background-Aim
Vitamin D has a diverse range of actions on calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, bone metabolism, and numerous cellular regulatory functions. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of vitamin D deficiency in patients in Bitola, Macedonia in 2022–2023 year.

Methods
This study was performed from June 2022 to June 2023 year at the Department of medical biochemistry of Public Health Organization Clinical hospital d-r Trifun Panovski in Bitola, Macedonia. The total number of patients was 612. The serum was separated and vitamin D levels were measured by using fully automated immunoassay for 25-hydroxy vitamin D on the Abbot Alinity platform.

Results
This study included 602 patients; they were divided in 2 groups: females (405 patients) and males (197 patients).In female group levels of vitamin D was ranged from 5 ng/mL to 154 ng/mL (mean 24.8±13.5 ng/ml) and median 22 ng/ml and in males group level of vitamin D was ranged from 5 ng/mL to 80 ng/mL (mean 26.5 ± 12.1) and median 25 ng/ml. 285 female (70 %) and 133 males (68 %) included in this study had vitamin D deficiency (<30 ng/ml), and we can see that 418 patients (69 %) of all 602

Conclusions
In our study, we found that vitamin D deficiency, as defined by using the cutoff <30 ng/ml, is widespread in Bitola, especially among women. We recommend the development of local and government policies and dietary guidelines from an early age to improve vitamin D status and increase dietary calcium intake, as has been done in other continents and countries.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine
Divisions:	UKLO Network
Depositing User:	UKLO Mrezha
Date Deposited:	27 May 2024 06:03
Last Modified:	27 May 2024 06:03
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/9999

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