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FREQUENCY OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT RICKET

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-III).03      10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-III).03      Published : Sep 2022

Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket

    Vitamin D insufficiency is now considered a pandemic due to its widespread occurrence. Women don't retain vitamin D well, and babies with deficiencies frequently get rickets. Objective: to assess the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in mothers of infants with and without rickets. Methodology: Our study included 50 hospital OPD-referred mothers of infants without rickets and 40 with vitamin D deficiency rickets. Food, sun exposure, demography, and social life were asked of all moms. Blood samples from voluntary mothers of children with and without rickets or rachitis were biochemically studied. These included serum alkaline phosphatase, inorganic phosphate, and calcium values. The Chemical Analyser Microlab 300 performed all tests. ELISA measured blood vitamin D. Results: Rickets-affected moms had vitamin D deficiency in 98% of cases, compared to 53% of mothers of infants without rickets. Moms and children had similar vitamin D levels. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency in moms of infants with rachitis should be assessed and treated.

    Rachitis, 25-OHD, Mother, Children, Vitamin D
    (1) Shah Nawaz
    Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahab Alam
    Department of Public Health, Kabir Institute of Public Health, Peshawar (Gandhara University Peshawar), KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Ayesha Qadir
    Department of Histopathology, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (4) Nabila Sher Mohammad
    Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (5) Haleema Jadoon
    M.Phil. Biochemistry, Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (6) Bashir Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Nawaz, S., Alam, S., & Qadir, A. (2022). Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket. Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII(III), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-III).03
    CHICAGO : Nawaz, Shah, Shahab Alam, and Ayesha Qadir. 2022. "Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII (III): 14-19 doi: 10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-III).03
    HARVARD : NAWAZ, S., ALAM, S. & QADIR, A. 2022. Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket. Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII, 14-19.
    MHRA : Nawaz, Shah, Shahab Alam, and Ayesha Qadir. 2022. "Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII: 14-19
    MLA : Nawaz, Shah, Shahab Alam, and Ayesha Qadir. "Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket." Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII.III (2022): 14-19 Print.
    OXFORD : Nawaz, Shah, Alam, Shahab, and Qadir, Ayesha (2022), "Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket", Global Drug Design & Development Review, VII (III), 14-19
    TURABIAN : Nawaz, Shah, Shahab Alam, and Ayesha Qadir. "Frequency Of Vitamin D Deficiency in Mothers of Children with and Without Ricket." Global Drug Design & Development Review VII, no. III (2022): 14-19. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdddr.2022(VII-III).03