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- Title
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Vitamin D Deficiency among Men.
- Authors
Al-Mahroos, Fadheela T.; Al-Sahlawi, Huda S.; Al-Amer, Eshraq; Radhi, Husain Taha; Khalaf, Saeed
- Abstract
Background: Vitamin D is vital for human health but its deficiency is worldwide. There is a gap in our knowledge about vitamin D status in Bahrain. Objective: To identify vitamin D status and associated risk factors among men in Bahrain. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Four public and four private maternity hospitals in Bahrain. Method: The study was carried out in the second and third weeks of April 2012. Three hundred sixty-four men (husbands of mothers who presented in labor) participated in the study. A questionnaire was administered and vitamin D level was measured in the blood. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analysis were used to evaluate differences between variables. P-value <0.05 was considered significant. Result: The mean age ± SD was 34.40 ± 7.27 years. Vitamin D mean level ± SD was 46.14 ± 12.80 nmol/L. Vitamin D level was <50 nmol/L in 233 (64%) men. The following variables showed significant association with vitamin D deficiency: high income (P-value 0.020), smoking (P-value 0.021), lack of sun exposure (P-value 0.001) and high body mass index (P-value 0.022). Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is common among men in Bahrain. High income, lack of sun exposure and high BMI were significant and independent predictors of low vitamin D level. There is a need for population-based study in a randomly selected sample which includes all age groups and both genders.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D deficiency; REGRESSION analysis; SMOKING; RICH people; BODY mass index; GENDER; VITAMIN deficiency
- Publication
Bahrain Medical Bulletin, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 3, p115
- ISSN
1012-8298
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12816/0000748