ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2019
Vitamin D level and its determinants among Sudanese Women: Does it matter in a sunshine African Country?
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- Does vitamin D supplementation benefit patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus who are vitamin D deficient? A study was performed at the Sudan Childhood Diabetes Center from 2019 to 2022.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Association between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Academic Performance among Adolescent Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Malnutrition and gender disparities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: The need for action.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Vitamin D and PTH: data from a cross-sectional study in an equatorial population.Endocrine connections · 2020Article
- Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern Sudan: A Case-Control Study.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin D deficiency is a worldwide concern. The aim of the current study was to determine the vitamin D level and its contributing factors in Sudanese women.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 251 Sudanese women attending Family Health Centers in Khartoum, Sudan were interviewed. Following the exclusion of confounding factors, samples from 190 women were analzsed. Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D "25(OH) D" was quantified using competitive electrochemiluminescence immunoassay.
resultsParticipants' age ranged from 18 to 85 years with a mean age (±SD) of 40.2 (±14.06) years. The mean (±SD) vitamin D level was 13.4 (±6.72) ng/ml, ranged 3.00-36.5 ng/ml and the median was 12.7 ng/mL. In total, 157 out of 190 (82.6%) had vitamin D serum levels below 20 ng/ml (deficient); of whom, 52 (27.4%) were in the age group 21-30 years (
conclusionThis study displayed a high percentage (82.6%.) of vitamin D deficiency among women in Sudan, and this in part may indicate that sunshine alone cannot guarantee vitamin D sufficiency in the tropics. Family physicians in tropical countries should screen those with clinical presentations related to vitamin D deficiency.
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