Vitamin D Deficiency A Cause Of Low Backache In Young Patients. Myth Or Fact??

Dr Sunil Bhosale; Dr Shaligram Purohit; Dr RishAi Aggarwal

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

Vitamin D Deficiency A Cause Of Low Backache In Young Patients. Myth Or Fact??

Dr Sunil Bhosale, Dr Shaligram Purohit, Dr Rishai Aggarwal

Abstract :

Objective: To determination cause – effect relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and Low Backache in patients less than 30 years of age. Method: 52 consecutive patients with age less than and equal to 30 years attending the orthopaedic OPD for chronic low backache were chosen and 25 – hydroxy Vitamin D levels were done in all patients. Screening of Serum Vitamin D was also done in 45 age and sex matched resident medical doctors and paramedics who were apparently alright at the time of testing. All samples were collected after over night fasting and Serum Vitamin D was calculated using chemiluminescence assay from a reliable laboratory. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as serum level < 20 ng/ml, insufficiency as 20 – 30 ng/ml and 30 – 100 ng/ml as normal. Result: The average Vitamin D level in the study group was 17.75 ng/ml and 13.59 ng/ml in the control group. 40 of 52 (76.92 %) patients in the study group had Vitamin D less than 20 ng/ml while 40 of 45 (88.89 %) candidates in the control group had Vitamin D less than 20 ng/ml. 7 of 52 (13.46 %) patients in the study group had Vitamin D of 20 – 30 ng/ml while 3 of 45(6.67 %) candidates in the control group had Vitamin D of 20 – 30 ng/ml. Only 5 of 52 (9.61 %) patients in the study group had normal Vitamin D while 2 of 52 (4.44 %) candidates in the study group had normal Vitamin D levels. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in young patients with low backache but there seems to be no cause – effect relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and lowback ache. Thus Vitamin D deficiency is more of an associated factor in low backache and not the cause.