Identification and Evaluation of Vitamin D Levels in Urban Children & Adolescents in Dhaka City, Bangladesh through a Cross Sectional Study

Background: Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in supporting the immune system, helping to reduce the risk of infections and certain autoimmune diseases. Adequate vitamin D levels may be associated with a reduced risk of certain health conditions like pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and postpartum depression. Brittle bones, osteoporosis in the elderly, and osteomalacia in young children are all symptoms of vitamin D insufficiency. Additionally, it contributes to problems linked to gum disease, including an increase in dental cavities, alveolar bone loss around the teeth, and other problems. It could lead to depression, tiredness, and a loss of appetite. In this study, urban children and adolescents in Dhaka city, Bangladesh are examined for vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency, and sufficiency. Methods: The Study was a cross-sectional study conducted under Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka and additionally included two other health centers Medinova Medical Services and Monoara General Hospital Service Golap bag, Dhaka from October 2020 to November 2021. The study location was at the 3 (Three) different hospitals which was located in Dhaka City. In this cross-sectional study, Participants will be selected purposively and conveniently based on the age categories from 0 - 19 years of age at the outdoor department of the hospital. The study included the secondary dataset of ambulatory individuals who came to the 3 (three) hospitals, randomly to evaluate serum vitamin D levels on referral from a general out-patient-department (OPD). They were examined for laboratory findings of serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels to determine vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency, and sufficiency among children and adolescent groups of both male and female Sex. Results: A total of 6394 individuals with a diverse age group were statistically examined for laboratory findings of serum vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency was observed in 40.58% of individuals with a mean log of 1.01 ± 0.18 ng/ml serum vitamin D levels, vitamin D insufficiency in 30.93% of individuals with a mean log of 1.38 ± 0.05 ng/ml serum vitamin D levels and vitamin D sufficiency in 19.49% individuals with a mean log of 1.63 ± 0.12 ng/ml serum vitamin D levels. The highest percentage of individuals deficient in vitamin D were children and adolescents of age ranging between 15 to 19 years. Conclusion: The findings of vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents direct higher authorities in the public health sector to take immediate steps to screen, intervene and educate high-risk populations incorporating vitamin D supplements to establish preventive and therapeutic measures.

Status of serum vitamin D and neurological disorder in Nepalese population:a prospective study

Background:Recently,there has been a surge in research worldwide on vitamin D.based on international level,Vit.D has shown positive correlation with cardio-cerebrovascular disorders.Regarding possible role of vitamin D there is paucity of research in low-and middle-income nations that are nearer to the equatorial area.Despite of abundant sunlight exposure,Asian people are developing hypovitaminosis D need a special consideration to avoid excessive and unnecessary usage of it.This study aims to detect the situation of vitamin D in Nepalese population and secondly to find out the suitable normalized reference range for serum vitamin D in multi-ethnic Nepalese population.Methods:A hospital based prospective study was conducted using purposive sampling technique to select 107 subjects.In-vivo and in vitro bio-physiological method was used to collect serum vitamin D level.Result:The present study showed that 32%of participants had deficit(<15 ng/mL),48%of subjects had insufficient(15 to<30 ng/mL)and 20%of participants had sufficient serum level of Vitamin-D(>30 ng/mL).Study showed that there is a lower degree of positive relationship of body mass index(r=0.162,P=0.094)and significant association of history of chronic illness(χ2=0.10,P=0.03),timing of occurrence of stroke(χ2=11.41,P=0.017)and diagnosis(χ2=21.19,P=0.011)with serum vitamin-D level at P<0.05.Conclusion:There is a direct significant association of serum vitamin D with socio-demographic variables when international unit is considered.Neurological disorder showed positive association with serum vitamin D level.

Serum Levels of Antioxidant Vitamins in Relation to Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Control Study of Koreans

With the changes in trends of disease pattern from infectious to chronic degenerative disease, cardiovascular disease has been considered as the major cause of death in Korea.Numerous studies have been done on the antioxidant effects of some vitamins in the prevention of chronic illness, but not many in relation to the cardiovascular disease.Therefore, the relation between antioxidant vitamins, mainly α-tocopherol (α-T) and B-carotene (B-C), and coronary artery disease (CAD) such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction has been investigated in this study.The blood samples were obtained from the CAD patients who were angiographically diagnosed within a month (100 case group). Patients who had an experience of PTCA or CABG were excluded from the study. Control subjects were healthy adults who had normal EKG values, no chest pain and no past history of cardiac disease (100 control group). All subjects were free of serum lipid lowering drugs. Serum α-T and B-C were analysed using HPLC. In addition to antioxidant vitamins, serum lipids (total cholesterol, HDL, TG) were also measured. Each case and control was matched in terms of age and sex. And all the CAD risk factors such as blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, serum lipid profile and BMI were adjusted to determine pure effect(s) of α-T and B-C on the CAD.The concentrations of both α-T and B-C were significantly lower in the CAD group than those in control group (P<0.05); in CAD group, mean values of α-T and B-C were 11.9±7.2 (μg/ml), 35.8±3.1 (μg/dl) respectively. As for the levels of B-C, it shows inverse relation with age, but not for the α-T Ievels. Serum levels of both vitamins did not show any significant differences in terms of sex, but men have a tendency o higher levels of B-C,but lower levels of α-T

Serum vitamin D levels of the natural population in eastern China

Objective To assess vitamin D levels in eastern China by a standard measurement.Methods The data were from a 2014 Survey on the Prevalence in East China for Metabolic Diseases and Risk Factors-China data base.There were 12 662 subjects included in this cross-sectional study from February 2014 to June 2016.We assessed the vitamin D levels of natural population by