Vitamin D level and some of its related factors in a sample of women in Misurata city

Abstract

The city of Misurata is considered one of the sunny areas in North Africa, and several studies have shown the vitamin D deficiency in these areas. The current study aimed to evaluate vitamin D levels in women the city of Misurata and its relationship to some factors that may be related to it. The study community includes 131 women during a four-month period from April to the end of July of the year 2022, and a questionnaire was filled out for the cases of this study to cover the special data (age, marital status, eating some foods, and health status). The vitamin levels were divided into four levels, acute deficiency ,less than 10 nanograms / ml, a deficiency between 10-20 ng / ml, an insufficiency between 21-29 ng / ml, asufficiency level of more than 30 ng / ml, and the results showed that the percentage of vitamin D deficiency in general was 88.5%, and the severe deficiency formed the highest level of vitamin D deficiency At a rate of 38.5%, while the adequate level of vitamin D did not constitute more than 11.5%, and there was a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and pregnancy ( P-value < (0.05, and there was no relationship between vitamin D deficiency, age, sun exposure, some diseases, symptoms, and dietary pattern ( P-value < (0.05.We conclude through this study that vitamin D deficiency constituted a large proportion among women in the city of Misurata