Vitamin D Deficiency And Insufficiency Levels In Patients Attended At A Healthcare Teaching-Hospital Laboratory

Aim: Characterize the Vitamin D serum profile, by means of exams done in patients, from 2012 to 2016, in a healthcare Teaching-Hospital laboratory, correlating it with gender, age range, and health care systems types-Public or Private. Material and Methods: Retrospective, registry-scan study using reports of 44,700 Vitamin D serum dosages dosages carried out in patients in routine consultations, from the age of two. Results: Female patients done 36,654 (82%) Vitamin D exams and male 8,046 (18%) exams. By the Public system 24,965 (55.8%) exams were performed and 19,735 (44.2%) by the Private system (p<0.005).Male patients’ age in the Public system varied from 5 to 94 years and for the Private system, it varied from 2 to 75 years (p<0.005).Female patients’ age in Public system varied from 12 to 97 years and for the Private, it varied from 3 to 86 years (p<0.005).The age ranges with the highest number of requests were adult (43%) and elderly (33%).Levels of Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency were found in all age levels (30.5%) except for infancy (p<0.005). Conclusion: Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency levels were found, in both genders, in all age ranges, except for infancy, but with predominance in the Private system and in female gender.