Prevalance of Vitamin D deficiency among adolescent, young adult and middle aged adult population of Jammu region along with gender differences

Abstract

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among across all the age groups with significant variation with gender differences. Now a days, this is highly concerned and investigational topic as the role of vitamin D deficiency has been associated with the high risk of many diseases including osteomalacia, osteoporosis, hip fracture, arthritis, poor general health etc.Materials and methods: The study was conducted in the OPD of Department of Orthopedics, GMC Hospital, Jammu from July 2019 to March 2020.The study sample consists of 300 patients divided into three age groups viz adolescent (10-19yrs),young adult(19-35yrs) and middle aged adult(36-55yrs) with [n=100] taken in each age group divided into female [n=50](50%) male[n=50](50%) for comparative analysis.Data was collected with respect to serum 25(OH)D level in all the three groups on age and gender parameter and sent for statistical analysis.Results: In adolescent age group 64% falls in the mean range of 14-19ng/ml, in young adult 74% falls in the mean range of 13-18ng/ml, in middle aged adult 79% falls in the mean range of 13-16ng/ml with the predominance in female subjects in all categories.Conclusion:High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in population of Jammu region with predominance in female and advancing age subjects.