Measurement Of vitamin D Deficiency and Calcium Level in Western Libya

Abstract

Background: Vitamin D deficiency has widely spared among different ages and become a major community health problem. What’s more, increased the rates of hypovitaminosis D in the sunniest areas of the world, such as Libya which considered as the most important source of vitamin D. Objective: This study was aimed to assess of a vitamin D deficiency alongside with calcium status among populations in Western Libya. Methodology:  a cross-sectional study was done over the course of nine months starting from the beginning of January to the end of September 2022. The targeted participating’s were requested for samples collecting, from the mentioned area, which consisted of n= 140 cases, including 48 males, representing 34% of the study sample, while females representing 66%, the age group (33-44) with a rate of 33%, while the lowest age group in terms of the study sample was less than 12 years with a rate of 8% of the total sample. Thus, in parallel way both Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D) and calcium level were measured using an enzyme immunoassay method. Results: data were collected and analysed, statistically Spss. v. 26 software was used. Therefore, 30% of the study sample have a deficiency in vitamin D, 42% Insufficient while 28% are in the normal range. Furthermore, there is a no correlation between vitamin D and calcium. Conclusion: findings in this study showed that vitamin D deficiency was so high among population in western Libya, also there is no association between vitamin D deficiency and Ca+ deficiency.