Abstract
Objective: To assess the proportion of insufficient,
deficient and severely deficient level of 25 hydroxy
Vitamin D in patients on hemodialysis.
Methodology: This cross sectional study was
conducted from February to December 2020. A total
of 196 patients who were between 18 – 80 years of age
on maintenance hemodialysis for at least one month
were selected using non probability consecutive
sampling technique. Data were analyzed by SPSS
version 22.
Results: Out of 196 patients, 112 (57.14%) were
males and 84 (42.86%) females. 151 (77%) were
diabetic and 157 (80.1%) hypertensive. Low level of
vitamin D was observed in 187 (95.41%) patients. In
these, 64 (32.7%) were severely deficient (25(OH)
D < 10 ng/ml), 102(52.0%) had deficiency (25(OH) D
10 – 20 ng/ml) and 21(10.7%) hadinsufficient levels of
vitamin D (25(OH)D 21 to 30 ng/ml).The relationship
between severity of deficient levels had no correlation
with age, gender, BMI and hypertension (p>0.05),
while a statistically significant correlation was found
with duration of CKD, duration of hemodialysis,
number of hemodialysis sessions/week and diabetes.
Conclusion: Low level of vitamin D was observed in
95.41% patients on hemodialysis.
Keywords: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), 25
hydroxy Vitamin D, hemodialysis.
