| Autor: |
Abubakar, M.Y, Idris, S.O, Quadri, O.R, Yusuff, J.O, Biliaminu, S.A, Mohammad, S., Afolabi, O.A, Omokanye, H.K, Bemu, N.A, Wuraola, O., Oladosu, W.O, Adamu, S., Iyanda, N.O, Shofoluwe, N.A., Lawal, J, Omotosho, W. |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Tropical Journal of Health Sciences; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2023); 1-5 |
| ISSN: |
1117-4153 |
| DOI: |
10.4314/tjhc.v30i1.1 |
| Popis: |
Globally, Hypovitaminosis D has been reported across age groups, with predisposing factors such as black race, older age, inactivity, diet, lack of vitamin D supplementation, indoor-outdoor lifestyle, winter/ wet season and sociocultural/socioeconomic factors. Vitamin D is an essential fat-soluble vitamin with a significant contribution to human health. The optimal level of serum vitamin D for adults' general health may be between 75 and 100 nmol/L, while there are sparse outcome data to help define a healthy or optimal level in children. In spite of the consideration for a serum vitamin D level below 25nmol/l as the lowest cutoff for vitamin D status, there are pieces of evidence that rickets can occur in infants and young children with a serum vitamin D concentration that is higher than 25nmol/l. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of hypovitaminosis D among apparently healthy Nigerian hospital workers and patients' caregivers and possibly provide a rationale for clinical supplementation. It was a descriptive, cross-sectional multicentre study conducted in 198 participants from the three geopolitical zones of the country between January 2019 and March 2019. A multistage sampling method was used to select the geopolitical zones and tertiary hospitals in the country while a simple random sampling method was used to select the participants from each zones. Serum vitamin D level was determined by Calbiotech Inc, kit. Over 68% of the participants had sufficient serum vitamin D levels while 30.8% had low levels, with the latter constituting the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in this study. Only one participant had a toxic serum level of vitamin D. This study shows that about a third of the sample population had Hypovitaminosis D. This suggests a need for routine vitamin D estimation and supplementation accordingly among blacks. |
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