Evaluation of vitamin D in women aged 15 to 45 yeard old

Introduction and objective: vitamin D is known as calciferol, an essential fat-soluble vitamin for the body and to growth and strength of bones through controlling Ca and P balance. The present research aims to assess serum vitamin D levels in women aged 15 to 40 years old referred to Dr. Heidari hospital in the first six month 2014 and compare it to the natural range of this test. Methodology: the present study is a randomly cross-sectional research on 45 patients who asked for Vitamin d test. Having been filling in questionnaires by patients, the information was evaluated and Serum Vitamin d was measured by ELISA and the data were analyzed using SPSS software. Findings: mean serum vitamin d for women aged 15-20, 20-25, 25-30,30-35, 35-40 years old was found to be 23.84, 24.7,27.92, 30.67, 41.35 respectively. According to the results, these age classes were differed significantly for mean serum vitamin d (P=0.01). Conclusion: as results of the present study showed, vitamin D levels in each age group rises with age. Changes in vitamin D and availability normal range in each age group is an indicator of early diagnosis of disease and treatment follow-up. Under normal range, vitamin D appears to have few side effects. Daily intake up to 4000 IU vitamin D may be associated with risk.

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Vitamin D ، women ، normal range ، Zahedan.