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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associated risk factors among rural population of the northern part of the Persian Gulf by Maryam Marzban; Mohammadreza Kalantarhormozi; Mehdi Mahmudpour; Afshin Ostovar; Saeed Keshmiri; Amir Hossein Darabi; Abdolmohammad Khajeian; Amirreza Bolkheir; Azam Amini; Iraj Nabipour is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background Accumulating evidence indicates that vitamin D deficiency has been increased globally over the last two decades. However, the majority of these studies are concerned with cities and there is scant information regarding the prevalence of vitamin D in rural areas. The main aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associated risk factors among the rural population in Bushehr province which shares the longest border with the Persian Gulf. ## Methods The rural inhabitants of more than 25 years old from three mountainous, plain, and seashore areas of Bushehr province were selected through a stratified multi-cluster random sampling method. After obtaining the participants’ demographic and anthropometric data and their past medical history, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured using ELISA. ## Results A total of 1806 (means ±SD, 46± 14years old) rural subjects (35 % males and 65 % females) participated in this study. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency, and sufficiency were 28 %, 50 %, and 22 %, respectively. The deficiency of vitamin D in women was higher than in men (OR=1.27, 95 % CI: 1.05 t
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- Author
- Maryam Marzban; Mohammadreza Kalantarhormozi; Mehdi Mahmudpour; Afshin Ostovar; Saeed Keshmiri; Amir Hossein Darabi; Abdolmohammad Khajeian; Amirreza Bolkheir; Azam Amini; Iraj Nabipour
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)