Study of Vitamin D Deficiency among the Apparently Healthy Population in Jashore, Bangladesh.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in this observational study publication.

This observational study was designed to assess the status of Vitamin D deficiency among the clinically apparent healthy population in the district of Jessore, Bangladesh from January 2017 to June 2017.

Why It Was Studied

Globally Vitamin D deficiency is a burning issue for the last two decades.

Though the very high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D is worldwide even in the South-East Asia but there is very limited data in Bangladesh.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 160 participants taking part.

PubMed indexes the participants as children, teenagers, young adults, adults, middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

Both the male and female clinically healthy participants between the age of 10 and 70 years residing more than 3 years in Jashore were included in this study, while those having renal or liver failure or any other chronic diseases and using drugs that could potentially interfere the metabolism of vitamin D were excluded from the study.

What Was Measured

Here the researchers leveled serum 25(OH)D concentration of ≤20ngm/dl as deficient, >20-30ngm/dl graded as insufficient and >30ngm/dl graded as sufficient.

The mean serum 25(OH)D levels in their study was 18.60±6.59ngm/dl.

PubMed files the paper under topics including Bangladesh, Cross-Sectional Studies, Healthy Volunteers, Prevalence, Rural Population, Sunlight and Urban Population.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 160 participants.

The publication is from 2019 (Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ), a journal based in Bangladesh.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.