Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v6i2.258
Vitamin D Deficiency Among Medical Students in Osijek, Croatia
Stipe Vidović
orcid.org/0000-0002-3025-6870
; Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Željko Debeljak
; Clinical Medical Center Osijek, Institute of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Croatia
Tatjana Bačun
; Clinical Medical Center Osijek, Department of Endocrinology, Osijek, Croatia J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Department of Internal Medicine and History of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Sven Viland
; Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Milorad Zjalić
; Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Marija Heffer
; Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate serum levels of 25-OH D3 (calcidiol) among students of the Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia, thereby determining to what extent vitamin D deficiency is present.
Methods: The present cross-sectional analysis was based on data collected from 60 participants. Blood sampling was done in March 2021. Concentrations of 25-OH D3 were measured using LC/MS-MS procedure on Shimadzu LCMS 8050 and RECIPE kit for serum levels of 25-OH-D3.
Results: The study was conducted on a sample of 60 respondents aged 19 to 28, of whom 16 were men and 44 were women. All subjects had a 25-OH D3 deficiency (<20 ng/ml), while 11 had an extreme deficiency. Mean 25-OH D3 concentration was 11.36 ng/ml, ranging from 7.70 ng/ml to 16.70 ng/ml. There was no statistical significance of 25-OH D3 concentration levels between the sexes (Student’s t-test, P>0.05).
Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency was detected in all subjects. In addition to the results of several other studies conducted worldwide that evaluated vitamin D status among medical students, this study further highlights the problem affecting this student subgroup.
Keywords
vitamin D deficiency; 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration; medical students; hypovitaminosis D
Hrčak ID:
286296
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Publication date:
28.11.2022.
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