Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study
Objective: To determine the pattern of Vitamin D status in patients presenting with complaints of non-specific bone pains and to correlate the association of sunlight exposure with Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of...
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Objective: To determine the pattern of Vitamin D status in patients presenting with complaints of non-specific bone pains and to correlate the association of sunlight exposure with Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Pathology, CMH, Abbottabad Pakistan, from Aug 2020 to Jul 2021.
Methodology: All patients with non-specific bone pain were asked about demographic, clinical and sunlight exposure.
Vitamin D assays were performed after history taking.
Result: A total of 247 patients were tested for vitamin D levels. 103(41.7%) were male and 144(58.3 %) were females. 56(22.7%) had >60 minutes of daily sunlight exposure, 67(27.1%) had 30 to 60 minutes, and 124(50.2%) had less than 30 minutes of daily sunlight exposure. Vitamin D deficiency was found in 132(53.4%) patients, insufficiency was seen in 74(30.0%) patients and 41(16.6%) patients had normal vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency correlated significantly with low sunlight exposure time.
Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency was seen in 53.4% of patients with non-specific bone pains, while insufficiency was seen in 30.0% of patients. Moreover, our study showed association of Vitamin D deficiency with a decreased duration of sunlight
exposure.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce615bdc45f9465c861c44f786f7c4582024-01-29T08:22:28ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422023-12-0173610.51253/pafmj.v73i6.9766Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre StudyMuhammad Shahzad Anwer0Mohsin Hussain1Jehanzeb Ur Rehman2Mehwish Gilani3Syed Mohsin Manzoor4Asif Ali5Department of Chemical Pathology, Combined Military Hospital Bahawalpur/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Combined Military Hospital Bahawalpur/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanDepartment of Haematology, Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanDepartment of Haematology, Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Combined Military Hospital Kharian/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Combined Military Hospital Mangla/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan Objective: To determine the pattern of Vitamin D status in patients presenting with complaints of non-specific bone pains and to correlate the association of sunlight exposure with Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Pathology, CMH, Abbottabad Pakistan, from Aug 2020 to Jul 2021. Methodology: All patients with non-specific bone pain were asked about demographic, clinical and sunlight exposure. Vitamin D assays were performed after history taking. Result: A total of 247 patients were tested for vitamin D levels. 103(41.7%) were male and 144(58.3 %) were females. 56(22.7%) had >60 minutes of daily sunlight exposure, 67(27.1%) had 30 to 60 minutes, and 124(50.2%) had less than 30 minutes of daily sunlight exposure. Vitamin D deficiency was found in 132(53.4%) patients, insufficiency was seen in 74(30.0%) patients and 41(16.6%) patients had normal vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency correlated significantly with low sunlight exposure time. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency was seen in 53.4% of patients with non-specific bone pains, while insufficiency was seen in 30.0% of patients. Moreover, our study showed association of Vitamin D deficiency with a decreased duration of sunlight exposure. https://www.pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/9766Vitamin D deficiencysunlight exposurebone pain muscle pain |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Shahzad Anwer Mohsin Hussain Jehanzeb Ur Rehman Mehwish Gilani Syed Mohsin Manzoor Asif Ali Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal Vitamin D deficiency sunlight exposure bone pain muscle pain |
| title | Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study |
| title_full | Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study |
| title_fullStr | Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study |
| title_short | Pattern of Vitamin D Status in Patients with Non-Specific Bone Pains- A Single Centre Study |
| title_sort | pattern of vitamin d status in patients with non specific bone pains a single centre study |
| topic | Vitamin D deficiency sunlight exposure bone pain muscle pain |
| url | https://www.pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/9766 |
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