TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and
Hypervitaminosis D Among Adult Patients Admitted
to the Tertiary Care Hospitals in Turkey
AB  - Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem around the world. This study aimed to
evaluate the nationwide prevalence of vitamin D status in tertiary care hospitals in Turkey.
Methods: Retrospectively, the data on vitamin D levels from 33 tertiary care hospitals’ clinical biochemistry
laboratories around Turkey between January and December were collected.
Results: In total, 706 434 serum samples from adult subjects (female/male: 469 028/237 406;
66.4%/33.6%) were included. While vitamin D levels were sufficient in 20.3% (n = 14 222), they were
insufficient in 21.9% (n = 154 360) and deficient in 57.8% (n = 408 882).
We observed the highest rates of deficiency in those aged between 18 and 29 years (62.9%, n = 70
235) and lowest rates between 60 and 69 years (52.3%, n = 61 121) and between 70 and 79 years
(52.3%, n = 32 397). Hypervitaminosis D was detected in 5.5% of adult subjects; highest rates of
hypervitaminosis D were observed in those who were over 80 years (6.6%) and 70-79 years (6.5%)
and the lowest in 18-29 years (2.8%).
Discussion: In this cohort, over half of the subjects admitted to the tertiary care hospitals in Turkey
had vitamin D deficiency and required vitamin D supplementation. The elderly population had the
lowest prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and the highest prevalence of hypervitaminosis D.
AU  - ALTUNTAŞ, Hasan
AU  - BİLEN, Habip
AU  - pekkolay, zafer
AU  - ÇETİNALP, Şevki
AU  - Sezer, Kerem
AU  - ALPHAN ÜÇ, ZİYNET
AU  - BAYRAKTAROĞLU, TANER
AU  - AKALIN, AYSEN
AU  - Ağbaht, Kemal
AU  - Turhan İyidir, Özlem
AU  - ünübol, mustafa
AU  - Temizkan, Sule
AU  - apaydin, tugce
AU  - ATMACA, AYSEGUL
AU  - Ozdemir, Nilufer
AU  - Altuntaş, Yüksel
AU  - Şahin, İbrahim
AU  - TUZCU, ALPASLAN KEMAL
AU  - YAŞAR, MEHMET
AU  - canturk, zeynep
AU  - DAĞLIOĞLU, GÜLÇİN
AU  - karaca, Zuleyha
AU  - Topaloğlu, Ömercan
AU  - Ersoy, Reyhan
AU  - dikbaş, oğuz
AU  - ŞİMŞİR, Ilgın YILDIRIM
AU  - PAMUK, Barış
AU  - İPLİKÇİ, Süleyman
AU  - turan, elif
AU  - Hekimsoy, Zeliha
AU  - Sert, Murat
AU  - Gogas Yavuz, Dilek
AU  - Haklar, Goncagul
AU  - ARPACI, Dilek
AU  - ANAFOROĞLU, İnan
AU  - Mert, Meral
AU  - Elbuken, Gulsah
AU  - gül, kamile
AU  - ERTÖER, Eda
AU  - DENIZ, FERRAT
DO  - 10.5152/tjem.2022.22031
PY  - 2022
JO  - Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 1301-2193
SP  - 79
EP  - 84
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/535329
ER  -