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Profile of vitamin D in a cohort of physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata

Arjun Baidya, Subhankar Chowdhury, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy Ghosh

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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency has been documented across all age groups and both sexes from India. However, there is paucity of data on vitamin D deficiency in a particular cohort of population. OBJECTIVES: To assess the vitamin D status in a cohort of physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational cross sectional study carried out in the month of December 2011 in a cohort of 40 physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. RESULTS: A total of 40 subjects were studied. Mean age of the cohort was 52.22 ± 10.91. Mean serum vitamin D level was 13.02 ± 4.77 ng/ml. Nearly 92.5% and 5.0% of subjects had vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata.

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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency has been documented across all age groups and both sexes from India. However, there is paucity of data on vitamin D deficiency in a particular cohort of population. OBJECTIVES: To assess the vitamin D status in a cohort of physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational cross sectional study carried out in the month of December 2011 in a cohort of 40 physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. RESULTS: A total of 40 subjects were studied. Mean age of the cohort was 52.22 ± 10.91. Mean serum vitamin D level was 13.02 ± 4.77 ng/ml. Nearly 92.5% and 5.0% of subjects had vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata.

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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency has been documented across all age groups and both sexes from India. However, there is paucity of data on vitamin D deficiency in a particular cohort of population. OBJECTIVES: To assess the vitamin D status in a cohort of physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational cross sectional study carried out in the month of December 2011 in a cohort of 40 physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata. RESULTS: A total of 40 subjects were studied. Mean age of the cohort was 52.22 ± 10.91. Mean serum vitamin D level was 13.02 ± 4.77 ng/ml. Nearly 92.5% and 5.0% of subjects had vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in physicians and diabetologists in Kolkata.

Key concepts: Medicine, Cohort, vitamin D deficiency, Cohort study, Vitamin, Vitamin D and neurology, Pediatrics, Population

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