ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine frequency of vitamin D deficiency in female patients presenting with non-specific musculoskeletal symptoms.
Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Medical Outpatient Department (OPD), Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Quetta from 30^th November 2018 to 30^th May 2019.?
Materials and Methods: A total of 150 female patients with nonspecific musculoskeletal symptoms were included. Patients on vitamin D supplements, osteopenia, osteoporosis, chronic kidney disease, neuropathies, cancers, diabetes mellitus, iron and Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency were excluded. Data including gender, age and presence of bone pain, muscle aches, bone tenderness and fracture was collected. SPSS v 17 was used for data analysis. Chi-square test was applied to test for associations,  p value less than 0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: The mean age was 37.20 + 13.30 years. Mean Vitamin D levels were 14.89 + 7.76 ng/ml with range from 3.10 to 35.67ng/ml. Participants with vitamin D3 < 10 ng/ml were 24% (n=36), < 20 ng/ml were 54% (n= 81), <30 ng/ml were 12 % (n=18) and only 10 % (n= 15) had optimal Vitamin D₃ levels. Among the study population 82% (n=123) had bone pains, 88.6% (n=33) had muscle aches and weakness, 72.66% (n=109) had bone tenderness while only 4% (n=6) had fractures. There was a statistically significant association between symptoms and vitamin D₃ deficiency with p value <0.001.
Conclusion: This study showed that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in our female population and it presents with nonspecific musculoskeletal symptoms.

Key Words: Deficiency, Musculoskeletal Symptoms, Vitamin D.

 How to cite this: Khattak AL, Tariq AM, Syed BKHS, Satti SA, Din RU, Amin MS. Frequency of Vitamin D Deficiency with Non Specific Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Female Patients. Life and Science. 2021; 2(1): 14-17.   doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.112