Vitamin D Status among the Population Visiting Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Bhutan.

IF 1.7 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-30 DOI:10.4103/ijem.ijem_318_22

Guru P Dhakal, Krishna P Sharma, Gyan P Bajgai, Tulsi R Sharma, Tika M Bajgai, Jigme Tenzin, Baehat Dhakal, Vishal Chhetri, Hari P Pokhrel

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Abstract

Objective: To study the vitamin D status among the Bhutanese population visiting the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Materials and methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study involving the extraction of data from a hospital database. Records of Bhutanese patients who had taken vitamin D tests in the last two years (2020-2021) were included in the study.

Result: A total of 1175 individuals took the vitamin D test during the study period, and the age ranged between 1 day and 94 years. Over 60% of the participants were females. The study found that over 83% of our study population had serum vitamin D levels lower than the normal range/deficient. Around 18% of the participants had severe deficiency.

Conclusion: The study found that most participants, including children, had vitamin D deficiency, and the finding was homogenous across gender and age groups. Further studies are required to validate these findings and identify the factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in the population for targeted public health interventions.

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不丹 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck 国家转诊医院就诊人群的维生素 D 状态。

目的研究前往不丹廷布吉格梅-多吉-旺楚克国家转诊医院就诊的不丹人的维生素 D 状况：这是一项回顾性描述研究，从医院数据库中提取数据。研究纳入了过去两年（2020-2021 年）中接受过维生素 D 检测的不丹患者的记录：在研究期间，共有 1175 人接受了维生素 D 检测，年龄在 1 天至 94 岁之间。超过 60% 的参与者为女性。研究发现，超过 83% 的研究对象的血清维生素 D 水平低于正常范围/缺乏。约 18% 的参与者严重缺乏维生素 D：研究发现，包括儿童在内的大多数参与者都存在维生素 D 缺乏症，而且不同性别和年龄组的研究结果相同。需要进一步研究来验证这些发现，并确定与人群维生素 D 缺乏有关的因素，以便采取有针对性的公共卫生干预措施。

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