A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO DETEMINE THE EFFECTS OF VITMAIN ''D'' DEFICIENCY ON HUMAN BODY

Objectives: To study deficiency of vitamin “D” and its effects on human body. Material & Methods: The study was conducted in a local private clinic situated in HML Hospital Lahore from January 2019 to March 2019. Five hundred subjects were included in the sample which consisted of 250 males and 250 females. These subjects presented to the hospital due to any major or minor illness. These subjects also included those who had or had no body aches. Samples of blood were also collected from these patients by venipuncture by disposable syringe after overnight fasting in mooring. 4 ml of blood sample was taken which was stored at -18°C till the time the sample was analyzed. The variables which were studied are age, gender, serum levels of vitamin “D”, serum calcium levels and past history of any pain in bones. SPSS-version-10 for windows was used to analyze the study. P value of