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Single center, observational study to analyze correlation between vitamin D-3 deficiency and age in patients with orthopedic disorders

Background Vitamin D deficiency has been strongly associated with various health outcomes, including all-cause mortality. Chronic vitamin D deficiency in adults and in old age results in osteomalacia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, and increased risk of fall and long bone fractures.

Methods We examined records of 1029 such patients and to analyze association of vitamin d-3 levels and categories of age groups (1-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90 years). We categorized mild, moderate and severe cases age wise.

Results During the study period records for 1029 patients were evaluated, of which 347 (33.72%) male and 682 (66.27) were female the mean age with standard deviation for male was 38.25±15.64 years and for female was 41.43±15.23 years. Vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/ml) was present in 623 patients (61%), 189 patients (18%) had vitamin D level 20-30 ng/ml and 217 patients (21%) had sufficient levels of vitamin D.

Conclusions Our study concludes that although there is high prevalence of vitamin D-3 deficiency across all age groups among orthopedic patients, age group 31-40 years, was found to be more affected.