Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2017

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among geriatric patients of a tertiary care hospital of Mumbai

Dr Devishri Pundlik Atram, Dr Chhaya Rajguru

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 Objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among geriatric patients of a tertiary care hospital of a metropolitan city of India. Calculated sample size for this cross sectional study was 129 and we have taken 160 sample. Geriatric patients who were not on vitamin D and calcium supplements for last 6 months were included for the study. Out of 160 participants, only 8 (5%) participants had normal vitamin D levels and 152 (95%) study participants had low vitamin D levels among them 107 (66.88%) participants had vitamin D deficiency, 45 (28.13%) participants had vitamin D insufficiency.  

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Dr Devishri Pundlik Atram, Dr Chhaya Rajguru, Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among geriatric patients of a tertiary care hospital of Mumbai, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | Issue‾5 | May‾2017

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